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8 Cards in this Set
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Pearl Harbor Attack
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December 7th 1941 Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2400 Americans.
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War Production Board
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Jan 1942 converts mainstream production into wartime production. Cars to Tanks, Textiles to mosquito netting, small appliances to ammo, and large appliances to weapons.
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Japanese Internment
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100,000 people sent to Relocation Camps. There was a general xenophobia toward japanese citizens in the US during WWII
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Axis Powers
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1940 Tri-partite pact bwteen Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Selective Service Act
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May 1917 Allowed the US to have a military draft for wars
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Rosie the Riveter
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US's motivational character who promoted the empowerment of women workers in WWII
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D-Day Invasion
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June 6 1944. 4000 sjips, within 2 weeks Allies landed 1 million men, a beachead 60 miles wide and 15 miles deep
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Allied Powers
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Russia, United States, and Great Britain
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