U.s. History 2 Chap. 25 Test

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George Marshall

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Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of a Women's auxiliary corps.

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A. Philip Randolph

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Pres. of the brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters who organized a march on Washington to protest discrimination in industry and military.

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Nisei

Back 3

Japanese Americans who were born in the U.S. and thus are American citizens.

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Office of price Administration

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fought against inflation by freezing prices on most goods

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War production board

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Ensured the armed forces and war industries received the ever-growing resources they needed to win the war.

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Rationing

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fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American general who commanded operation Torch: Allies' attempt at getting back North Africa from the Axis powers.

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D-Day

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The day of the invasion (June 6) on Normandy, France.

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George Patton

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Allies General at D-Day (Battle of Norm). Led the third army. Eventually helped liberate the French capital.

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Harry S. Truman

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Roosevelt's running mate, who was re-elected for a fourth term.

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Battle of the Bulge

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Battle at Belgium port of Antwerp. SS forces by Hitler were ordered to attack, broke U.S. defenses and captured 120 G.I.'s.

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V-E Day

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Victory in Europe Day. May 8, 1945.

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Douglas MacArthur

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U.S. General who led 80,000 U.S./Filipino troops against 200,000 Jap. forces for 4 months on the Bataan peninsula, for another month on Manila Bay.

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Chester Nimitz

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Admiral, commander of U.S. Naval Forces. In Pacific, learned of a large Jap invasion in advanced. Still fought them and won.

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Kamikaze

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Tactic, "suicide-plane", in which Jap. pilots crashed their bomb-laden planes into allied ships.

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Manhattan Project

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Top secret project, had 600,000 people involved and it's purpose was to create an atomic bomb.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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lead a group of scientists to build the atomic bomb in New Mexico

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Hiroshima

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an important Japanese military site. "Little boy" was dropped there.

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Nagasaki

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The city were "Fat man" was dropped. Killing 200,000 people via injuries/radiation poisoning, etc.

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Yalta Conference

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Roosevelt met w/ Chuchhill and Stalin, agreed to make the U.N.

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United Nations

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A new international peacekeeping body, based on principles on the atlantic charter.

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Nuremburg Trials

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Trials held in Nuremburg Germany, 23 nations tried 22 Nazi leaders.

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GI Bill of Rights

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Provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government.

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James Farmer

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Civil rights leader who founded CORE.

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

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Civil rights group made by James Farmer in 1942 to confront urban segregation in the North.

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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

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Pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property after the war.