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 chose to spell his new last name with a slight difference â a doubleâsâ. With his new wife Anna he thus adopted the new name he would keep for the rest of his life and would make world famous â Frederick Douglass.Frederick and Annâs first child, Rosetta, was born in 1839 in New Bedford.