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WW2 was described as a |
Moral war |
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Who were the agressors in WW2 |
Germany and Japan |
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Why was WW2 referred to as a moral war |
It had clearly defined agressors |
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2 examples of how violent Japan and germany were |
Holocaust Japan's P.O.W. atrocities |
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Why were there willing participants |
Patriotism and sense of duty |
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Approximately how many Americans were killed |
300,000 |
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What society emerged |
The middle class |
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What unions had influence |
Labor |
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What did WW2 end for the U.S. |
Isolationism |
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What did WW2 lift the U.S. out of |
An economic depression |
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The U.S. became a |
Super power |
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2 economic results of the war |
The emergence of the middle class The U.S. became a super power |
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What continues after the war starts |
Hitler's demands |
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When was Poland invaded |
September 1, 1939 |
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What was the Luftwaffe |
A German air force that bombed polish cities |
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What happened to Poland's cavalry |
It was wiped out |
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Horses vs. Tanks was a bit what |
Overstated |
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Did Poland's cavalry have good weapons |
No |
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How long was the first battle |
1 month |
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What kind of guns did Poland have |
Anti tank |
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Who declared war on Germany 2 days later |
Britain and France |
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The U.S. remained |
Neutral |
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Neutrality acts |
Laws passed mid-1930s to prevent selling arms to warring nations. Many felt that had drawn U.S. to WW1 |
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Who got the neutrality act revised |
FDR |
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What were the neutrality laws after the change |
Supplies could be bought in U.S. but had to be paid for with cash and had to be carried on the purchasing country's ships |
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What happened after poland fell |
Hitler unleashed the Blitzkrieg |
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When was the Blitzkrieg used |
April to may of 1940 |
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What countries were taken (in order) |
Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg |
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How did 338,000 U.K. troops escape Dunkirk |
Through the English channel |
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When does France fold |
June 22 1940 |
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How was Britain attacked and who begged the u.s. for help |
Non stop aerial bombing U boats cut off supplies The new p.m. winston churchill |
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Winston churchill's nickname |
The Bulldog |
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Who won the 1940 election |
FDR |
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Who lost to FDR in the 1940 election |
Wendell Wilkie |
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Electoral college summary in 1940 |
449-82 |
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Popular vote summary in 1940 |
27 mil-22 mil |
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When was the lend lease policy enacted |
January of 1941 |
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What was the lend lease policy |
FDR could lend or lease supplies to any country whose defense was vital to American security |
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What did the lend lease policy basically do |
Declare an econ war on germany |
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Who did FDR give 7 billion in supplies to |
The u.k. and u.s.s.r. |
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Who came after supply ships |
Nazi sub patrols |
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How were supply ships eventually protected |
Convoys |
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In 1941, who started to carry supplies |
The u.s. |
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Japanese stereotypes |
Buck teeth, glasses, "bugs bunny" |
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What kind of propoganda was present before and during the war |
Yellow peril |
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When did Japan start expanding |
1940 |
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Who did Japan take over in 1941 |
Indochina |
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Who was involved in the Triportite act, and what were they called |
Germany, Japan, and Italy. The axis powers |
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What was starting to "cramp Japan's style" |
The u.s. embargo |
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What forced Japan's hand |
Gas and fuel prices |
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What was "the date that will live in infamy" |
December 7, 1941 |
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What island did Pearl Harbor happen on, and when |
Island of Oahu, 1941 |
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What brought the U.S. into the war for real |
Pearl Harbor |
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"Sneak attack" was used in what |
Proganda |
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How were 2,000+ Americans killed in Pearl Harbor |
Being trapped in capsized ships |
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What united Americans |
Pearl Harbor |
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When did FDR ask Congress to declare war on Japan |
December 8th |
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Who was the one vote against the war |
Jeanette Rankin from Montana |
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What was the Triportite act |
Germany was required to help Japan only if they were attacked |
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When did Hitler go before the Reichstag |
The morning of December 11th |
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Who did the Reichstag declare war on |
The half Jewish-half black America |
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Who "joined in the fray" |
Mussolini |
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Who did U.S. declare war on in the evening of December 11th |
Italy and Germany |
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Was the u.s. ready to fight a war |
No |
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What policy did the u.s. adopt |
Beat Hitler first |
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Who was Germany "chowing up" |
Europe |
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What strategic shipping area was Germany close to controlling |
The Mediterranean sea |
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Germany used North Africa for |
Oil and shipping |
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Who was marching towards moscow |
Germany |
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Who controlled the Phillipines, Malaya, and thailand |
Japan |
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How many islands did Hong Kong have |
100s |
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The Dutch East Indies were used by Japan for |
Oil |
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What were kind of battles were the allies consistently losing |
Naval battles |
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The most muslim populated country in the world |
Indonesia |
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Who controlled much of china |
Japan |
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Congress passed what act that gave the president massive and broad powers |
The war powers act |
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By the end of the war, how many men and women had served in the military |
15 million men and 350,000 women |
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What formerly minor extension of the military took on major importance |
The air force |
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What is the OSS |
The office of strategic services |
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3 things the OSS does |
Espionage Gather information Plan strategy |
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What was constructed during WW2 |
The pentagon |
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What was the WPB |
The war production board |
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What did the WPB do |
Organize huge war effort |
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What was the OWM |
The office of war mobilisation |
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Who was the head of the OWM |
James F. Byrnes |
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Who was Byrnes the WW2 version of |
Bernard Barusch |
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What did the OWM have control over |
All aspects of the economy |
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What did the OWM want to increase |
Coordination and cooperation between government and industry |
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What did the industries do for war production |
Huge, fast paced, efficient conversion |
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By 1942 how much of the economy was geared towards the war |
33% |
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Who was sir launchalot |
Henry kaiser |
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What did henry kaiser perfect |
The prefabrication method |
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How fast could cargo ships be produced |
In one day instead of 6 months |
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2 bi products of the organised effort |
Expansion of government Close alliance between the defense industry and military |
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What was a result of profit being used as incentive to shift to war production (3rd bi-product) |
Tax breaks, no anti-trust laws, generous overpayment |
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Total cost of ww2 |
320 billion |
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Per capita gnp rose from what to what |
573 in 1941 to 1,074 in 1945 |
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Union membership in 1940 and 1945 |
9 million, 14.8 million |
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Benefits that workers gained |
Paid vacations Health Pension plans |
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No strike pledge usually followed What |
Worker gains |
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Not all unions followed the what pledge |
No strike |
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Summarize mine worker union strikes |
3 strikes in 2 months, involving 500,000 workers |
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What act did congress pass in june of 1943 |
The smith-connally war labor disputes act |
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Smith-connally war labor disputes act |
Huge limitations on rights to strike if work was necessary to the war effort
President could seize and operate strike based facilities
Government rationing programs |
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Government rationing programs were used for |
Combating inflation and conserve vital materiels |
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Materials conserved (6) |
Gasoline Coffee Meat Sugar Butter Cheese |
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Rationing programs (7) |
Meatless tuesdays Cuffless pants Victory gardens Collection drives Recycle scrap metal Rubber Paper |
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War bonds |
Government sells these to help pay for war effort |
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2 reasons people buy war bonds |
Patriotism Interest/earn money |
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What did the tax raise in 1942 include |
The middle and lower income levels paying higher taxes |
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Who coined the term "the wizard war" |
Winston churchill |
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What was the osrd |
The office of scientific research and development |
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7 things the OSRD did |
Improved radar Improved sonar Rocket weapons Flamethrowers Amphibious tanks and personnel carriers Jet aircraft Miracle drugs |
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Name of the jet aircraft developed by the OSRD |
The heinkel |
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2 miracle drugs developed by the OSRD |
Penicillin and atabrine |
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What was atabrine |
A germ killer |
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What famous scientist lent a hand in the creation of the A-bomb |
Einstein |
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J. Robert Appenheimer was a |
Traitor |
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How much did the Manhattan project cost, and how many did it employ |
$12 billion, 120,000 |
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The Manhattan project went on without congress' what |
Knowledge or approval |
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Where did The Manhattan project testing go on |
Alamagardo, new mexico |
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How many tons of t.n.t. was used in the a-bombs |
20,000 |
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Who managed public opinion |
FDR |
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The flow of what was restricted |
Secret military info |
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What war was the flow of secret info not well managed in |
The Vietnam war |
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When was the office of censorship created |
1941 |
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The media wanted to stir up what |
patriotism |
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2 things the office of censorship did |
Supressed media info about troop movements Examined all letters going overseas |
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What information was especially concealed from the media |
Casualties |
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The media was a willing what |
Accomplice |
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What was The OWI |
Office of war information |
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The purpose of The OWI |
Shape public opinion |
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3 things the OWI did |
Used artists, writers, and campaign experts Launched a negative campaign against the axis powers Positive campaigns for allies |
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What industry caused the shift to the western states |
Defense industry |
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Who were women following to military bases |
Their husbands |
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Big cities of the Midwest attracted what kind of people |
Rural people |
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Why were people attracted to big Midwest cities |
Jobs and education |
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Why was mobility beneficial |
New ideas and exposure to diversity |
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What happened to traditions |
They started to fade |
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What does G.I. stand for |
General issue |
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What was the lexicon of the time |
General issue |
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How many teachers quit |
350,000 |
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Why did the teachers quit |
To enlist and because war work offered more money |
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What group enlisted "en masse" |
Students |
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How did colleges compensate for the loss of students |
Admitted women |
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When was the golden age of movies |
The 1940s |
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Why were Lots of leading actors older |
Most of the young men had enlisted in the war |
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What was shown before movies |
News reels |
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War news was usually what |
Patriotic propaganda |
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Music had what kinds of themes |
Military |
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How did the Nazis hating the jews undermine the focus on racism against african Americans in the u.s. |
There was so much focus on the jewish comunity that the African american's issues were basically ignored |
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What were native americans and their languages used for |
Communications |
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What native American language was never "cracked", and why |
The navajo, because it wasn't a written language |
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Why were many native americans forced to return to reservations after ww2 |
Due to discrimination |
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Temporary workers from mexico |
Broceras |
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Who exploited the broceras |
Southwest agribusiness |
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How many workers were exploited by agribusiness |
Hundreds of thousands |
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Why couldn't workers complain about conditions |
Employers could threaten to call I.C.E. |
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What was a common fashion for Spanish americans |
Zoot suits |
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Zoot suiters were stomped by |
Military personnel |
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Why did people hate zoot suits |
They wasted war materials |
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Restrictive covenants prevented |
The sale of homes to jews |
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Who was the quota system for |
Universities |
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Where were a lot of internment camps |
The west coast |
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What were Japanese Americans given at the camps |
A point of view guide |
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Were the camps necessary |
somewhat |
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What did the blue stars in windows represent |
The number of family members in the war |
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A silver star in a window represented |
A son in the military overseas |
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Were silver stars rare |
Yes |
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A gold star represented |
A son died in war |
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This is how people were notified their family member was M.I.A. or K.I.A. |
The dreaded western union man |
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Dear John Letter meant |
Your wife or girlfriend has found another |
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How did 15 or 16 year olds get into the military |
They lied |
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How many from Menominee county died in WW2 |
86 |
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How many from marinette county died in WW2 |
106 |
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What happened on V-E day |
Victory in Europe |
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When did Germany surrender |
May 7, 1945 |
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V-E day was declared on |
May 8th, 1945 |
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Leaders of the allied powers were known as |
The big three |
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The big 3 and their countries |
FDR=U.S. (Later Harry S. Truman) Stalin=soviet union Churchill=great britain |
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Name of the B-17 flying fortress |
The devastating lady |
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Who was the B-17 named after |
Some minor actress the pilot was dating |
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6 types of nose art |
Scantily clad women Screaming eagle Battle wagon Little America Damn yankee Hell on wings |
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Eventually, nose art was required to be |
Politically correct |
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The place Mr. Thorne's dad flew missions from |
Grafton-underwood |
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Mr. Thorne's dad's position on the plane |
Togglier, which was all gun positions |
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Why did the U.S. fly day missions |
Precision bomb runs |
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How many kids came back from Mr. T's dad's study hall table |
Only him |
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How old was Mr. T's dad when he enlisted |
18 |
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Did the tail gunner live very long |
No |
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How would the Germans wipe out the early B-17s |
Wait for their escorts to leave and refuel |
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What kinds of planes were fighter escorts |
P-51 mustangs |
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What did on target mean |
They were sitting ducks. Only after bombs dropped evasive maneuvers could be used. |
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Flack |
explosive anti aircraft artillery |
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Nicknames for flack |
Ack ack or triple a |
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Electric suits and oxygen masks were used for |
High altitude missions |
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Where did Mr. Thorne's dad bomb twice, and were they defended |
Berlin Yes, heavily |
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Why were dams targets |
They were power for manufacturing plants |
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Why were ball bearing plants targets |
They were needed for mechanical things |
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Why were jewish pilots given American names |
It wouldn't be good for a jew to be captured by germans |
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What were the air force personnel shown after the war |
Movies of german atrocities |
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What were lil piles o gold |
Piles of fillings from prisoners |
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Why were twins used In experiments |
To have a control subject |
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What was "Maximum effort" |
The ground supposedly shaking from wave after wave of B-17s taking off |
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What did the Heinkel jet look like |
A cigar flying backwards |
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What happened to the pair of pants Mr. Thorne's dad's pilot had brought on the plane |
They were cut in half by flack |
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How many B-17 crew members died |
50,000 |
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What was written on the backs of photos that were okay to send home |
Cleared or passed |
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Nickname for nazi subs |
Wolf packs |
