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End of the War in the Pacific

Question 15 • AZ-US/AZ History B (SS302)

The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was built by the US government in the early 1940s as a site

Answer
A
for research on atomic weapons.
B
for the first atomic bomb test.
C
to house planes with atomic weapons.
D
to house scientists from Nazi Germany.

Explanation

Los Alamos was established during World War II as the secret research and development site for the Manhattan Project. Scientists there designed and built the first atomic weapons. The first bomb test took place at Trinity Site, not in Los Alamos, so A, research on atomic weapons, is correct.

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