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19 Cards in this Set
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War production board
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Directed the conversion of existing infrastructure to manufacture military goods
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Office of war mobilization
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Coordinated all agencies involved in the war effort
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Selective training and service act
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Required all men ages 21 to 35 to register for military service
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Douglas MacArthur
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General in charge of ground forces in the pacific
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Bataan death march
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Occurred when Japanese troops marched 70,000 POWs to the prisoner camp in Bataan
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Chester Nimitz
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Commander of the US pacific fleet
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Battle of the coral sea
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A decisive naval victory in the pacific
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Erwin Rommel
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"The desert fox", commander of German forces in Afrika corps
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Bernard Montgomery
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General leading British forces in Africa
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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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Symbol of woman defense workers
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A. Philip Randolph
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African American labor leader
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Fair employment practices committee
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Investigated companies's employment practices
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Carlos Castaneda
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Worked to improve working conditions for Mexican Americans
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Braceros
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Mexican farm and railroad workers
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Zoom suit riots
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Incident where sailors attacked Mexican Americans
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Internment
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Forced relocation of Japanese Americans
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Norman Mineta
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Imprisioned Japanese American
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Dwight Eisenhower
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General in charge of American forces in Europe
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