Manhatten+Project+Study+Guide

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Many of the scientists, such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, came from Germany. This is ironic as the U.S. was trying to beat the Germans in the race to develop the bomb. Many of these German men came to America to escape the Nazi party's persecution.
 * Where were many of the scientists from who worked on this project? Why was this so ironic and why did these men come to America?

Many of the scientists that worked on the project were from Germany and Italy. This was ironic because they were the ones that the U.S. was trying to beat to the production of nuclear weapons. These men came to America to escape Nazi persecution.

Most of the scientist came from Germany and Italy and other Europeans. This was ironic because they were both part of the Axis powers which we opposed in the war.

Most of the scientists were from the German and European area. This is ironic because the German scientists were previously working on a prototype like the atomic bomb America made. Other than to end the war, the U.S. also wanted to seem superior. Not only would the U.S. demonstrate their power to end the war but also to tell everyone else not to mess with them.
 * What other possible motives were there with this project?

The project may have also been to make the U.S. the superior power in the world, using nuclear power. With these weapons, there would be little any other country could do to become superior, without developing the weapons themselves. The bomb was quickly used to end the war in the Pacific. Its use demonstrated the strength of the U.S. Unfortunately many innocents died from the blasts and later the radiation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Later on, after the project, those who had worked closely in the project, such as Dr. Oppenheimer, died of radiation. Throughout the years, the development of the atomic bomb has had many consequences as others came to discover its power. Since the Manhattan Project, nuclear weaponry has become an all too likely threat.
 * What were the short-term and long-term consequences of this project?

In the short term, the weapon allowed the U.S. to end the war in the Pacific much more quickly than it otherwise would have. Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved, not only American lives, but Japanese as well. The Japanese refused to surrender, so they would have held out in their houses one by one, and caused not only more American casualties, but many more Japanese as well. In the long-term, nuclear weapons are held by a large number of countries. Also, the radiation spread by the bombs has affected many people in Japan, and is the reason that the deaths almost doubled from the bombs after three months. Now, treaties have been signed to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and prevent their use on other countries.