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19 Cards in this Set
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was FDR nominated in 1940
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YES
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what was korematsu V. US
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it upheld the consitutionality of keeping the Japanese in concentration camps
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When did FDR say the New Deal was to be replaced with WAR
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1942
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what stopped the production of nonesssential items? why did it impose a speed limit/gas rationing?
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The War Production Board. It imposed a speed limit/gas rationing after the Japanese invasion of British Malay and the Dutch East Indies which threatened the supply of rubber
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what was the War Labor board
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it imposed a ceiling on wages
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John Lewis sometimes called on the workers to strike. This led to the passing of what Act
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The SMith-Conally Act which allowed the government to seize tied up industries
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Who was Phillip Randolph
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he was the head of the Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters who threatened a march on Washington if blacks werent given equal opportunities. This led to FDR forbidding discrimination in defense industries
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what helped the black exodus in 1944
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the mechanical cotton picker
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what are some places that the Japs captured
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Guam, Phillipines and the Dutch East Indies
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what happened at Bataan
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20,000 Americans fought w/ill trained Filipinos to slow the down the japs but they were failing so MacArthur was sent to Australia where he was needed most but he promised to return to the Phillippines
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What is so significant about New Guinea
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It was the first time that all the fighting was done by carrier aircraft
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Midway+Battle of the Coral Sea
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these battles gave the US the chance to attack Kisku and Attu. that japs were slowed down under Gernal Raymond Pruance in WWI
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cologne
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Br. launched a 1000 plane raid on cologne where Erwin Rommel escaped into Egypt however, Montgomery attacked
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At what conference was it determined that Sicily would be invaded and that they would insist upon unconditional surrender.
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The Casablanca conference with Churchill and FDR
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what conference agreed on broad plans, including the plan to launch Soviet attacks on Germany
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The Teheran conference
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who wins in the 1944 election
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FDR and VP Truman
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Battle of the Bulge
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Germany loses and they are screwed
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what islands were needed as safe havens
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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which conference decided on the ultimatum for japan
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the potsdam conference
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