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33 Cards in this Set
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War production
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Created to increase military production
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Office of war mobilization
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Coordinated all government agenciesinvolved in the war effort
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Selective service and training act
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Provided for the first peacetime draft in us history
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Douglas macarthur
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General and son of arthur macarthur
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Bataan death march
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10,000 died
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Chester nimitz
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The commander of the us pacific fleer
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Battle of the coral sea
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Was an important allied victory
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Battle of midway
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Seeking to crush us pacific fleet
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Erwin romnel
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Commander of sent in the german afrika corps
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Bernard montgomery
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British general
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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.
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Fepc
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Investigated companies engaged in defense work to make that all qualified applicants were considered for job openings
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Carlos casteñeda
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Assistant to the chair of of the fepc
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Braceros
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Came north to work in the southwest during wwII
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Zoot suit riot
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Mexican american youths
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Internment
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Forced relocation and imprisonment of japanese americans living on the pacific coast
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Norman mineta
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A nisei from san jose, california
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Dwight d eisenhower
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Commaneded the invasion force of us and british soldiers
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George patton
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Emerged as a leader during north africa campaign guided the us forces
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Battle of the atlantic
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Begin to turn in allies fVor
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Sonar
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Used sound waves to detect underwater projects
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George marshal
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Us army cheif of staff and key allied strategists
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D-day
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Allies landed in normandy
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Omar bradley
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Led the us troops that landed at normandy
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Holocaust
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Nazi germanys systematic slaughter of europen jews
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Genocide
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Deliberate annihilation of an entire people
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Ellie wiesel
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Survivor of the holocaust
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Battle of the buldge
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Germans attacked an initial us force of about 80,000 troops
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Conference
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To plan for postwar peace
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Island hopping
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Troops would attack and seize only certain stratejic japanese held islnads
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Battle of leyte gulf
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The last largest and most decisive naval engagement in the pacific
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