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40 Cards in this Set
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Kellog-Briand treaty
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"pact of paris" treaty to shun the war as policy. included most all nations.
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washington copnference
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created the nine power treaty (uphold open door policy) and four power treaty (created Pacific security pact)
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Adolf hitler
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came to power 1933 (elected). blamed WWI on jews. believed only blonde haired, blue eyed germans should rule.
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Nye Committee
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banned arm sales and loans to belligerents and to prevent americans from traveling on belligerent ships.
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America first committe
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started by a group of Roosevelt's opponents in miodwest tyo protest war
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war production board
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allowed business to claim rapid depreciation and awarded lucrative cost-pllus contracts for urgently needed goods
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Fair employment practices commission
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created to open up employment opportunities for african americans. congress stoped funding and it expired in 1946
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"Zoot soot Riots"
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1943 white sailors atacked mexican american youths dresses in their distinctive outfits
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D-Day
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origionally set for june 5 but was pushed back a day because of bad weather. american troops invaded Germany.
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Manhattan Project
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FDR, when hearing that german scientists weremaking an automic bomb created program to bukild it first.
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los amos
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testing site of first atomic bomb
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hiroshima and negaski
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sites in japan that US bombed in revenge of Pearl harbor. hiroshima bombed on august 6. Negasaki bombed on august 9.
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Chaing Kai Shek
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japan was unable to defeat them
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Hideki Tojo
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Army militant. became new premier of Japan
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Charles deGaulle
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France army general
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Joeseph stalin
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leader of Russia
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A Phillip Randolph
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threatened a masive march on washington to force president Roosevelt to end racial discrimination in defense industries and govt employment and to integrate the war.
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Henry Stimson
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secretary of war. asked to drop bomb over japan
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Cordell HUll
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secretary of state. signed conditional pledge of nonintervention at the pan-american conference in Montevido, Uruguay
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Veterans of future wars
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created by Princeton undergraduates. they demanded a bonus of $1000 a piece before going to war
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sudetenland
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a providence of Czechoslovakia with a large german population. one of hitlers demands
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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relation betwee Russia and Germany. so they both benefited from war
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Cash and Carry/ Lend-lease Acts
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supplied all allies with war materials during war
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mother's crusade
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mothers came to washington to conduct a "pray-in" protest of the lend-lease act
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Reuben James
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first US navy ship sunk during war
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Tripartite Apct
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signed by Japan, Germany, and Italy. defensive treaty that confronted the US with a possible two-ocean war
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Axis Powers
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Berlin, Rome, and Tokyo.
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Pearl Harbor
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on December 7,1941, Janese warplains attacked US naval forces at Pearl Habor sinking several ships and killing more than 2400 american sailors
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WInston Churchil
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Britiah prime minister
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Soviet Union's red army defeated Germany
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North African Campaign
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campaigns faught in Libyan, Egypt, Morracco, Algeria, Tunisa
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Charles Nimitz
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5 star admiral in US navy
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
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controlled rent prices after WWII
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Nisei
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children born in other countries with Japanese Parents
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Executive Order 9066
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authorized Secretary of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones
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Atlantic Charter
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foundation for many agreement to come. between britain and US. blueprint for postwar world
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Big Three Conference
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FDR, Stalin, Churchill. at Yalta conference
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Battle at the Bulge
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major german offensive launched toward end of WWII
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Manchuria
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NE asia. wanted by Japan
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USS Missouri
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the last US navy battleship built in US. site of surrender that ended war
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