The United States introduced its own nuclear program under the Army Corps of Engineers in June 1942. The U.S. needed to build an atomic weapon before Germany or Japan did. On May 12, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an order creating a secret project to develop the nuclear weapon.
Frederick Douglass was born on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. His mother was a slave and when Frederick was born, he became a slave, too. His birth name was Frederick Bailey. He did not know who his father was or the exact date of his birth.
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Bailey, c.1818-1895) was born a black slave in Maryland but escaped around the age of twenty. He became a noted abolitionist and worker for â¦ equal rights, for blacks and for women. Also was a slave and escaped at the age of 21.