J Robert Oppenheimer Accomplishments

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist during the manhattan project and directed the Los Alamos Laboratory. This meant his was responsible for the research and the design of the atomic bomb (Atomic Heritage Foundation). Due to Oppenheimer's direction over the project and his ideas regarding the bomb, The United States successfully created the first atomic bomb in history. The atomic bomb was used as a attack weapon on two big Japanese cities during World War 2, Hiroshima and Nagasaki under President Harry Truman. These bombs allowed for America to end World War 2 without the cost of invading Japan (a country that would rather die than surrender) which America knew would be high (Harry S. Truman Library). The success of

Roosevelt had a major impact in restoring prosperity to Americans after the great depression. This included many of his New Deal programs such as the CCC, WPA, TVA, and SEC says History.com. All of these programs changed the U.S. federal government because they expanded is size in the economy. Franklin D. Roosevelt also introduced something known as fireside chats, where he would talk to Americans around the world through the radio. This allowed for him to gain back Americans trust after the panic and get Americans to start putting their money and savings back into banks. By the end of the first month of fireside chats almost three quarters of banks had reopened (History.com). During FDR’s presidency he also had to declare war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War 2 he built a powerful wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union. This alliance helped led America to victory against Nazi Germany and laid the groundwork for the peace organization known as the United Nations (Khan Academy). Although many disagree with FDR serving more than two presidential terms and being elected for four, it allowed for the 22nd amendment to be ratified, which limited a president to only serving two (National Constitution

She would go to Johns Hopkins for treatment of her cancer to make her more comfortable. At this time, Doctors and Lab Scientists from Johns Hopkins were looking to create cells that can reproduce outside of the body. They would take cell samples from their patients to test them and create a human cell living outside of the body. When Henrietta Lacks died in October of 1951, a lab attendant discovered that, “A swab of Lacks’ cancer cells reproduced at an extremely fast rate…most cancerous cells died within a few days, Lacks’ cells doubled every 24 hours” says the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Henrietta’s cells were determined immortal and were named HeLa cells to represent Henrietta Lacks. CNN Health says that HeLa cells allowed for the creation of the polio vaccine and helped produce the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s helped with cancer treatment and stem-cell studies as well. Although Henrietta Lacks did not make this discovery herself, nor was she around when it transformed medicine, without her cells, medicine would never be where it is today. HeLa cells continue to be used today and continues to help with advancements in medicine and