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27 Cards in this Set
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George Marshall |
was punished because he created the Women's Auxillary Army Corps |
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Women's Auxillary Army Corps (WAAC) |
U.S. army unit created during World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions |
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A. Phillip Randolph |
president and founder of Brothers in the Sleeping Car. |
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Manhattan Project |
was the code name for research being done across the country
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Office of Price Administration (OPA) |
froze prices on goods |
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War Production Board (WPB) |
rationed iron and fuel needed for the war effort |
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rationing |
fixed allotments for items needed for the war effort |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
was in command of the American Army in North Africa. |
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D-Day |
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Omar Bradley |
unleashed a massive air and land bombbardment |
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George Patton |
he provided a gap for the german line |
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Battle of the Bulge |
germans lost |
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V-E Day |
the day the allies forces won against the Nazi regime |
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Harry S. Truman |
became the 33rd president of the US |
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Douglas MacArthur |
was in command of the allied forces on the island |
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Chester Nimitz |
commander of american naval forces in the pacific |
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Battle of Midway |
was the turning point in the Pacific war |
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kamikaze |
suicide planes |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer |
was in development if the atomic bomb |
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Hiroshima |
was an important military center and the first place the Americans dropped the atomic bomb |
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Nagasaki |
the second place the americans dropped the atomic bomb |
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Nuremburg Trials |
series of 13 trials through 1945 to 1949 |
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GI Bill of Rights |
provided education and training for veterans |
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Jamers Farmer |
founded the CORE |
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) |
confronted urban segregation in the north |
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internment |
confinement of 1,444 of Japanese americans |
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Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) |
pushed the government to compensate for those sent to camps for their lost property. |
