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 was born in Maryland in 1818. He was born a slave, and he did not know his exact birthday, but for most of his life he chose to celebrate it on February 14 th. His grandmother raised him in early childhood, but at around the age of seven, he was told to move into the plantation house to work.