Question

Which statement best describes the Manhattan Project during World War II?

Answer 1

It was a small project that employed a few people at many sites across the United States: the Manhattan Project was the code name given to a secret mission of developing the first Atomic Bomb by the US. The project first took place in three universities- Columbia University, University of California, and the University of Chicago. The project succeeded in 1942, after which the US government poured more funds to expand the project.

 

Answer 2

The Manhattan Project was a large project that employed many people at several sites across the United States.  

Further Explanation:-

The Manhattan project was the one under which first Nuclear weapons were were produced. This project was carried out by the United States and got the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. Los Alamos laboratory was the place where these first nuclear bombs were designed under the supervision of Nuclear Physicist who was also the director of this project. This project was initiated in the year 1939 with a slow start but quickly took off pace and more than 130000 people were employed just for this project and this project cost nearly around 2 Billion dollars of that time and the majority of these costs were spent on building factories and produce fissile material. The research production of this project took place in more than 30 sites across the United States along with Canada and the United Kingdom. Under this project, two types of nuclear weapons were made. One was simple gun-type fission whereas the second bomb was more complex as it had implosion-type of a nuclear weapon. The Manhattan Project was a large project that employed many people at several sites across the United States.  

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Answer details:

Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter – Manhattan Project

Keywords – United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Nuclear, Nuclear weapon, Manhattan, Manhattan Project, Fission, Employed, Physicist.