+ Technology of WWII Atomic Bomb End of WWII
+ Axis and Allied Powers worked to develop new technology during this time to win the war.
+ Atomic Bomb Created by splitting atoms Basic unit of matter. Create a massive explosive energy. More powerful than anything ever built.
+ Time to build Albert Einstein Escaped Jew from Germany. Warned that Germany was building an Atomic bomb. Along with other scientist pushed FDR to build an atomic bomb.
+ Manhattan Project Code name for the building of the Atomic Bomb. Different plants across the country involved. Uranium plant in Oakridge
+ Putting together and testing Put together in Los Alamos New Mexico. Tested July 1945
+ Change in Presidency April 12 th 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. VP Harry Truman takes over as President.
+ Major decision to make July 1945 Truman learns Atomic bomb is ready to use. Decision to continue fighting the Japanese or use the atomic bomb.
+ Enola Gay mission Aug dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug. 9 th 2 nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug. 14 th Japan surrenders. World War II ends.
+ Right or wrong decision?