USA HISTORY

In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

(A) ** Nazi Germany

(B) the United States

(C) Great Britain

(D) the Soviet Union

(E) Japan

Concept note-1: -An incident in September 1941 helps to illustrate the confused and ambiguous nature of possible resistance by German scientists to the German atomic bomb project. Heisenberg, who by this time was the leader of the German effort, asked for a meeting with his old friend and mentor Bohr.

Concept note-2: -Germany did not produce any atomic bombs. American scientists, not German, created the first atomic pile. American scientists, not German, said after the first successful test, “We have this day crossed a great milestone in human progress” (Ford 213).