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. This article is about the person. For other uses, see Frederick Douglass (disambiguation). Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 â February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.