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30 Cards in this Set
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abc-1 agreement |
Agreement with Britain that adopted the strategy to defeat Germany before concentrating on Japan |
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executive order 9066 |
Camps, A presidential executive order issued during WW2 by FDR that sent Japanese ethnic groups to internment camps.It was issued because of the fear for the country's safety and also Japanese-American's safety. |
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war production board |
Federal agency that coordinated US industry and successfully mobilized the economy to produce vast quantities of military supplies |
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office of price administration |
1941; regulated prices to keep them from rising |
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national war labor board |
During WWII it mediated disputes between management and laborers to prevent strikes |
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smith connally anti strike act |
1943; gave the federal government the right to seize and run industries crippled by strikes |
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waacs |
1942; Women's Army Auxiliary Corp |
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waves |
The women's branches of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Coast Guard, established during World War II to employ women in noncombatant jobs. Women now participated in the armed services in ways that went beyond their traditional roles as nurses. (881) |
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bracero program |
Mexican workers brought from Mexico to harvest crops in the US |
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fair employment program |
Threatened with a massive "Negro March on Washington" to demand equal job opportunities in war jobs and in the military, Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration issued an executive order forbidding racial discrimination in all defense plants operating under contract with the federal government. The FEPC was intended to monitor compliance with the Executive Order. (883) |
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congress of racial equality |
Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to the "Double V"—victory over fascism abroad and racism at home. After World War II, CORE would become a major force in the civil rights movement. (884) |
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navajo code talkers |
Native American men who served in the military by transmitting radio messages in their native languages, which were undecipherable by German and Japanese spies (884) |
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battle of midway |
Midway Island, Battle of definition. A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor. |
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battle of iwo jima |
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. |
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battle of okinawa |
The battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. |
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v-e-day |
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered |
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postdam conference |
1945; Truman met with Stalin and British officials--final statement to Japan was to surrender or be destroyed |
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manhattan project |
a project that secretly developed and built the world's first atomic bomb |
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v-j day |
"Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945 |
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hitler final solution |
- Nazi party - Anti-socialist- Expansion of German Empire into third reich - Formed Gestapo ( secret police: brown shirts - selective service - gestapo ) |
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hidecki tojo |
- Pushed for alliance with Germany and Italy, and he supported the formation of a broad political front of national unity- Sentenced to death in Nuremberg |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
atomic bombings Aug 6 1945- 180,000 killed, wounded injured (70,000 died instantly, 60,000 from radiation)(USSR get in the game Aug 8 (take Manchuria and Korea in a six day victory parade)Aug 9 1945- 80,000 killed or missingAug 10 1945- Japan surrender on one condition- that Hirohito stay on throneAug 14 1945- Allies agree
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general dwight d eisenhower |
34th president of the US. Nicknamed Ike. General in the US army. During WWII, was supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. Supervised invasion of France and Germany; organizer of D Day |
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general Douglas macarthur |
(FDR), surrender the Phillippines during WWII, He was the supreme allied commander during the Cold War in 1945. After World War II, MacArthur was put in charge of putting Japan back together. In the Korean War, he commanded the United Nations troops. He was later fired by Harry Truman for insubordination.Allied commander and five star general in the U.S. army. He headed the U.S. army in Japan and Korea but was fired by Truman for questioning the actions of his superiors in the midst of the Korean war.
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harry s truman |
became president when FDR died in 1945
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Albert Einstein |
a German scientist that fled Nazi Germany and aided US in the making of the atomic bomb
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robert oppenheimer |
(1904-1967) Physics professor at U.C. Berkeley and Caltech, he headed the U.S. atomic bomb project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He later served on the Atomic Energy Commission, although removed for a time the late 1950's, over suspicion he was a Communist sympathizer.
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manhattan project |
a project that secretly developed and built the world's first atomic bomb
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executive order 9066 |
Camps, A presidential executive order issued during WW2 by FDR that sent Japanese ethnic groups to internment camps.It was issued because of the fear for the country's safety and also Japanese-American's safety.
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zoot suit riots |
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racist attacks in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, between Mexican American youths and white Americans servicemen stationed in Southern California.
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