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55 Cards in this Set
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What did FDR insist on after Pearl Harbor as a strategy for war?
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"get germany first"
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What was the court case that said japanese interment ok?
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Korematsu v US
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What did US eventually give internned japs?
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20,000 dollars, 40 years later
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What happened to many new deal programs during war?
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wiped out such as CCC WPA NYA
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Who wwas dubbed "Sir Launchalot"?
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Kaiser
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What organization halted the production of nonessential items?
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War Production Board
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What organization regulated prices?
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Office of price admin
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WAACS was?
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women army
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WAVES
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women navy
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SPARS
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coast guard
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What program brought mexican workers to the US during the war?
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bracero program
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What symbolized women in the workplace?
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"Rosie the Riveter"
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What was South renamed?
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sunbelt
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Who threatened a negro march to washington?
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Randolph
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What led to the end of black labor in south?
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mechanical cotton picker
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What was used for codes?
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"code talkers" of the Navajo and Comanches tribes
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Who was head commander in Philippines? where did he sneak to when japs took over?
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MacArthur, australia
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World first nval battle where ships never saw each other?
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Coral Sea battle
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Who was leading commander at the first major confrontation with japs? stopped advance... name...
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Midway Island, Nimitz
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What was US policy in pacific islands to get to japan?
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island hopping
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Who piloted the liberator for 36 missions and the longest mission recorded?
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Albert
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What was the german code?
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enigma
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What was discovered after the war of german u boats?
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new amazing boat about to be released when treaty signed
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Who was german general who almost made it to the Suez canal?
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Desert Fox Rommel
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Where were germans stopped in Egypt?
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El Alamein
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What did the British call africa as part of germany?
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soft belly
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Where did FDR and Churchill agree on an unconditional surrender?
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Casablanca Conference
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Wheree did Soviets and Allies agree on simultaneous attacks. who would lead allies?
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Tehran Conference, Eisenhower
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Who lead d day forces?
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Patton
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Explain 1944 election.
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Dewey = repub
FDR = demo Truman - demo vp |
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Where was Hitler's last offensive push?
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Battle of the Bulge
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When germany surrendered.. was delcared.
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VE Day
victory in europe day |
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What was single most costly landing?
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Okinawa 50,000 dead
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Where did Allies offer ultimatum surrender or be destroyed?
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Potsdam Conference
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What was the secret US bomb program named?
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Manhattan Project
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What was condition of US peace treaty?
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Hirohito could remain ruler
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Why did fewer americans die of disease?
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penicillin
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Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much
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FDR
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Where did US agree to get germany first?
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ABC 1 agreement
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How many japs interned?
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110000
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What was exec order 9066?
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jap internment
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What does Issei mean?
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first
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What does Nissei mean?
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second
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What was the "nations number one economic problem" FDR?
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south
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What was successful black regimen called?
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Tuskegee Airmen
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"If you are going to try to go to war in a capitalist country you have to let business make money out of the process or business won't work.
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Sec of war Stimson
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What was first photograph allowed to be taken of?
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dead GIs on pacific island coast
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what did many call Truman adding to demo ticket?
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"the new missouri compromise"
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Who was a major supporter of FDR?
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CLO
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"the little man on top of the wedding cake"
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Dewey
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"People of the Philippines I have returned... rally to me"
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MacArthur
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"that form this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge a world founded on faith and understanding
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MacArthur
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What laws barred Jews of citizenship in Germany?
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Nuremberg Laws
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"It is fun to be in the same decade as you"
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FDR to Churchill
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"The americans can't build place only electric iceboxes and razor blades"
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Goering
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