USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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During World War II, the National Defense Research Committee

(A) concentrated its work on developing an atomic bomb

(B) ** spent more than $100 million on research

(C) had, by 1941, pushed the U.S. into a position of technological superiority over Germany

(D) received more private funding than government money

(E) funded less research than its predecessor had during World War I

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was an agency of the United States federal government created to coordinate scientific research for military purposes during World War II.

Concept note-2: -Important Dates. June 19, 1916National Research Council was formed at the request of President Wilson within the National Academy of Sciences to recruit specialists from the scientific communities to give scientific advice, Washington (D.C.).

Concept note-3: -1941 President Roosevelt established the Office of Scientific Research and Development under the direction of the scientist Vannevar Bush, subsuming the National Defense Research Committee that had directed the nation’s mobilization effort to utilize science for weapon development the previous year.