Regular Americans effected by the Manhattan Project

During WWII many countries started work on creating atomic bombs. In America alone, thousands of scientist were sworn under secretecy in order to protect and develop the atomic bomb. The Manhattan project had numorous facilities scattered across the U.S. because of the vast quantity of research and testing that was needed. It helped jump start the scientific research and provided jobs in areas that had not recieved any slight attention since times before the Great Depression. For a average scientist life was great because they now were provded with stable jobs and was able to buy things because they made money. However, there were downsides. Many scientist were able to get a first hand view of the destructiveness of the atomic bomb and once it became public knowledge, it was feared greatly by the public. Everyday americans lived in fear knowing that any country, during the time of WWII, were capable of producing an atomic weapon and uprooting their lives forever. Therefore, the Manhattan project and the atomic bomb it created was a positive but also a negative.