![]() Consider the African-American experience at Oak Ridge. ![]() Do you think Americans today would be willing or able to make the same sacrifices-including top-secret jobs, deployment overseas, rationed goods, and strict censorship-that families of that era made? Why or why not?Ĥ. Discuss the role that patriotism played in everyday life during World War II. What were some of the sacrifices that families and individuals made in their efforts to end the war? How do these losses compare to the gains of salary, solidarity, and peace? Do you think the ends of the Project justify the means? Why or why not?ģ. Consider the losses of lives, land, and community that resulted from the Manhattan Project. ![]() ![]() Denise Kiernan explains in an author’s note, “The information in this book is compartmentalized, as was much of life and work during the Manhattan Project.” (page 18) How does the book manage to recreate the workers’ experience of months-long ignorance, and the shock of finding out what they were working on?Ģ. ![]()
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