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Coodinated food relief in europe |
herbert hoover |
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allied commander in europe |
Dwight Eisenhower |
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known for building liberty ships |
Henry Kaiser |
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led u.s. forces in the philippines |
Douglas MacArthur |
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became a missionary to japan |
Jacob DeShazer |
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led a bombing raid over tokyo |
Jimmy Doolittle |
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Which of the following men did NOT aid in the development of the atomic bomb. |
Jacob DeShazer |
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who led the free chinese agianst both japanese and the chinese communist |
chiang kai-shek |
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who served as prime minister of great britain during world war II |
winston churchill |
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when did israel become a nation-state |
1948 |
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what was the name of the germans armys last great offensive in europe |
battle of the bulge |
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when did black tuesday occur |
october 29 1929 |
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the japanese lost nearly all of their remaining ships and planes in the battle of |
leyte gulf |
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the nazi murder of over 6 million jews is known as the |
holocaust |
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what military alliance was formed by the united states canada and several other western european nation to oppose communism |
NATO |
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What is speculation? |
risky investments for the chance of quick profit |
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what alliance was formed to oppose communism in southeast asia |
SEATO |
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What was the code name for americas atomic bomb project |
manhattan project |
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v-j day was proclaimed on |
september 2, 1945 |
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the battle of midway was the turning point of the war in the pacific |
true |
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by 1941 ? stood as the last bastion of freedom in europe |
england |
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? began the new deal |
franklin roosevelt |
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? portrayed a slanted view of the depression in his book entitled the grapes of wrath |
john stienbeck |
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in the korean war the united states pursued a policy of the containment against communist |
true |
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the dday invasion took place in |
france |
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the nazi soviet pact divided up the country of |
poland |
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the battle of coral sea was the first naval battle in which the opposing ships never say each other |
true |
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the ? act established a government fund for unemployment and old age insurance |
Social Secruity |
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during world war II germany italy and ? formed the axis powers |
japan |
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the first city to be bombed with an atomic weapon was |
hiroshima |
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brave second generation japanese americans who fought in world wasr II were called |
nisei |
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who led the united nations forces through most of the korean war |
douglas macarthur |
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on what date was pearl harbor attacked |
december 7 1941 |
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name the fascist dictator of italy during world war II |
Benito Mussolini |
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which amendment repealed prohibition |
21st |
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name the nazi dictator of germany during world war II |
Adolf Hitler |
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name the new deal program created to control flooding, conserver soil, and bring hydroelectric power to the mid south |
TVA |
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WEhat 1938 legislation dictated that the work week would not exceed 40 hours |
fair labor standards act |
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name the president who believed that families churches private charities and neighbors should look after the needs of the unemployed during the depression |
herbert hoover |
