Manhattan Project Conspiracy

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In the United States, the Manhattan Project inflicted significant tension onto its citizens. During World War II, the various nations involved became extremely competitive in their efforts to successfully engineer an atomic bomb. For this reason, a desperation arose in The United States to keep information regarding the Manhattan Project absolutely secret. At the same time, propaganda spread fears of foreigners, especially of spies involved in America's defense or government. The most well known and most controversial outcome of this tension was the conviction of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The Rosenbergs were members of the American communist party who were tried and found guilty for conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951 (United States v.