This committee was created by President Roosevelt to determine the fundamentals of how an atomic bomb may work and the materials need.
Einstein Committee
Atomic Commission
Uranium Committee
Trinity Site
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who was not pleased with the speed nor meager budget of the Uranium Committee so he sent a second letter to the president?
Einstein
Gold
Wigner
Szilard
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Harry Gold was a ________________ at the beginning of WWII
Physicist
Chemist
Historian
Molecular Biologist
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who recruited Harry Gold to spy for the Communist Party?
Szilard
Black
Wigner
Stalin
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In the middle of the Great Depression, Harry Gold lost his _______________ and moved to ____________________ to work in a soap factory.
mother, New York
money, California
job, New Jersy
money, New Mexico
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In Philadelphia, Harry Gold worked at a chemical plant called the Pennsylvania Sugar Company.
True
False
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Tom Black wanted to obtain information about useful _____________ processes from the plant Harry Gold worked at, the Pennsylvania Sugar plant.
candy
technology
physics
chemical
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The main reason why Harry Gold initially helped Tom Black in obtaining spy material was that
he believed in the principles of the Soviet Union
he wanted to change the world
he need the money that only spying could provide
he was thankful that Black helped him find a job
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Gold’s spy work began by sneaking out ___________ and ______________ for making industrial chemicals.
plans and formulas
reports and plans
reports and formulas
formulas and labs
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
____________________ is the art and science of spying.
Surveycraft
Espicraft
Tradecraft
Infocraft
11. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
In the beginning of Gold’s spy work, he would hand over a stash of stolen ______________________, wait for copies to made, and then return them to work so that no one would notice them missing.
chemicals
documents
books
equations
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
By the beginning of WWII, Harry Gold had not given any useful information from the chemical files of the Pennsylvania Sugar Company.
True
False
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
“Sam” instructed Harry Gold to attend Communist meetings and read Communist literature in order to keep a low profile.
True
False
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
By 1940, the ______________ captured Norway, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium
Soviets
English
Japanese
Germans
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Soviets were desperate for secrets as Hitler advanced upon Russian soil. Harry Gold’s new spy job was to be a ________________.
courier
driver
writer
physicist
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Sam’s real name was Semyon Semyonov and he was a secret agent for the Soviet intelligence agency, the _______________
FBI
KGB
AXIS
CIA
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
___________________ was the Soviet leader in WWII.
Lenin
Trotsky
Stalin
Putin
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Stolen information obtained by the KGB from spies like Harry Gold was sent in code by ________________.