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dictator of Germany
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Hitler
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dictator of Italy
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Mussolini
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military leader of Japan
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Tojo
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British prime minister for most of the war
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Churchill
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British prime minister at the end of the war
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Attlee
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King of England during war
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George 6th
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leader of the Soviet Union
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Stalin
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President of the US during most of the war
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FDR
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president at the end of the war
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Truman
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leader of the Chinese nationalist government
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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German minister of propaganda
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Goebbles
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German leader of the North African campaign
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Rommel
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British commander in North Africa
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Montgomery
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German commander of the luftwaffe
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Goering
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head of the German secret police
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Himmler
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2US admirals of the pacific fleet
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Nimitz and Halsey
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American commander who left the Philippines and later returned
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McArthur
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American leader of the flying tigers
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Chennault
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Allied leader at Normandy
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Eisenhower
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what does the term Blitzkierg mean?
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lightning strik
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first nation to fall to the blitzkierg
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Poland
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nation that fell to Grmany in June 1940
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France
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site where US fleet was largely destroyed in 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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country that attacked the US at Pearl Harbor
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Japan
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military commander who received the Japanese surrender
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McArthur
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site of the famous death march in the Philippines
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Bataan
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site where the US navy stopped teh Japanese attack aimed at Australia
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Coral Sea
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battle that stopped teh German advance in Egypt
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El Alamein
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country invaded on D-Day
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France
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Japanese city where 1st atomic bomb was dropped
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Hiroshima
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Japanese city where 2nd atomic bomb was dropped
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Nagasaki
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battleship on which Japan surrendered to Americans
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Missouri
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term that describes the alliance between Germany and Italy
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Axis
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which battles did Mrs. Shelton's dad fight in
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa in marines
father in law was in D-Day invasion and had 2 purple hearts |
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AAA
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Agricultural Adjustment Act:
protects farmers from price drops reduces production prevents soil erosion |
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CCC
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Civilian Conservation Core
1. target audience: young, unmarried men from the cities 2. reforestation and conservation projects 3. get paid; keep some money which benefits local economy; send some back home to families which helps the economy there |
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Glass Stegall Act
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1. federally ensures bank deposits
2. FDIC |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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1. fair competition
2. minimum wage 3. maximum hours |
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Public Works Administration
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1. give money to state and local governments
2. build schools, dams, improve the highway systems |
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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protection against fraud, deception, and insider trading
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Social Security Act
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1. retirement
2. disability 3. survivors insurance 4. unemployment insurance |
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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1. prevent flooding
2. provide electricity to rural areas |
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Wagner Act
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1. encourage people to bargain collectively
2. gives the right to participate in a labor union 3. result: CIO (unskilled labor) 4. AFL (skilled labor) 5. eventually combine |
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Works Progress Administration
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1. US post office mural, built the magnolia bowl, history of Columbus was written
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