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14 Cards in this Set
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War Production Board
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Used to produce military production.
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Office of War Mobilization
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Coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort.
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Selective Training and Service Act
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Provided for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
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Douglas MacArthur
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General in commanding 30,000 U.S. and 110,000 Filipino Troops defending the Philippines.
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Bataan Death March
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More than 10,000 died in this.
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Chester Nimitz
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Admiral who did not consider the attack on Pear Harbor a complete disaster.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Important Allied victory.
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Battle of Midway
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The second major naval battle in the Pacific, took place early in June 1942.
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Erwin Rommel
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Known as the Desert Fox, he had advanced as far as El Alamein, Egypt, by july 1942
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Bernard Montgomery
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General who pushed Rommel's troops steadily westward out of Egypt and into Libya.
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`Office of War Information
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Controlled the flow of war news at home.
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Rosie the Riveter
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The symbol of patriotic female defense workers.
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A. Philip Randolph
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Planned a march on Washington D.C to protest discrimination against black workers.
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
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Investigated companies engaged in defense work to make sure that all qualified applicants, regardless of race, were considered for job openings.
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