of World War II: it allowed the United States to lead the way into the Nuclear Age. The

United States needed a way to end the war quickly without losing many of its own lives,

so the president ordered scientists and generals to work on the making of an atomic

bomb. This was called the Manhattan Project. There was a sense of urgency because the

Americans feared that the Germans were on the brink of making an atomic bomb

themselves. If the Nazis made an atomic bomb before the Allies, Hitler might have been

able to conquer all of Europe by forcing the countries to surrender. The work which was

done in the Manhattan Project and the knowledge we have gained from the work are

leading into a revolution in our sources of energy.

President Harry Truman realized that Japan's desperation caused its soldiers to

fight with fanatical courage. They would not give in to the Americans. Propaganda

caused the Japanese to think that the Americans were mean and would torture them if

they were caught. People were so mislead and confused that they agreed to be kamikazes

and kill themselves for the sake of winning the war. Japanes

many states and many other scientists got involved.

would cause the ocean to rise, threatening coastal cities and islands. Neither sulfur,

uranium. Edgar Sengier instructed the mine to ship1200 tons of uranium to New York to be

Our past methods involved the release of harmful chemicals into the atmosphere.

leaders would see that a few well-placed bombs would blow Japan right off the map.

which uses the same principles and reactions. Leo Szilard and Edward Teller drove to

"Fat Man" was the bomb tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. It

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