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22 Cards in this Set
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FDR/George Washington
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FDR had run for a president more than two times while Geroge Washington had said that a person can only run for president twice
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Mussolini
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Leader of Fascist in Italy. He was against Communism.
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Rosie The Riveter
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Popular Character who motivated Wimen to work in factories and businesses as the men were at war.
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Manchuria
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First city invaded by Japanese because of its resources.
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Komatsu Vs. United States
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Komatsu had sued the US as he was captured because he was Japanese American. The Supreme Court had said that it's not just based on race it's a National Security.
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Internment Camps
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There are camps where Germans, Italians, and Japanses were kept.
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Executive Order 9066
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gave military broad powers to ban the Japanese.
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Final Solution
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To send healthy Jews to concentration camps and others to extermination camps.
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Four Freedoms
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Established to build public support in USA towards Great Britain.
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Wansee Conference
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to determain the final solution.
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Liberty Ships
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Cargo Ships. Easy, cheap, and faster as they were welded instead of being riveted and they were prefab.
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Operation Torch
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USA invaded Morocco and Algeria to help Britain.
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Battle of Midway
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Japanese plan to defeat American fleet
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Iwo Jima
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Perfectly located USA wanted to invade and capture so they could have airbase to fly B-29 bomber on Tokyo Japan.
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Blue/Red Points
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Coupons used as money for food and rational items.
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Fair Employment Practices Commission
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Told businesses not to discriminate based on race or religion.
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D-Day Deception
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Misleading The Germans to think the attack would be on Calais as it was close and USA had set up fake army in England
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Napalm
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First used against Tokyo
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Bracero Program
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Recruiting Mexican agricultural workers to work for USA to provide food in California as USA was in a war.
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Double V
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Urged African American to support the war to achive double victory over Hitler's racism abroad and racism at home.
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Manhattan Project
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Secret work on atomic bomb in New Mexico
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Nuremberg Trials
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war crime trials in German which persecuted 22 Nazis
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