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59 Cards in this Set
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What was the age for draft?
(When men had to serve in the military) in WWIU |
Draft age 21-36 years
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How was WWII financed? (paid for).
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Taxes were raised 41%
War Bonds sold |
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What was D Day?
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When the largest group of Allied ships and watercraft landed in Normandy France to begin the European invasion against the Central Powers.
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
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The largest battle in Western Europe during WWII and the largest one the US Army fought. This was when the Nazis knew they had lost the war.
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What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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The turning point of the war in Eastern Europe when the Russian Red Army defeated Hitler's men at Stalingrad
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What is the United Nations?
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A group of most of the world's countries started in 1945 to promote peace and economic growth in the world
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What was the Battle of Midway?
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The last battle where Japan was able to attack in the Pacific front of WWII because the US sunk their ships and crashed Japan's planes.
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Who was General MacArthur?
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General MacArthur was the U.S. war commander (leader) on the Pacific front of WWII
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Who was General Patton?
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General Patton was the U.S. war commander (leader) who took over Sicily and Italy during WWII.
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Who was Eisenhower?
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General Eisenhower was the U.S. war commander (leader) in the North Africa Front of WWII who fought against the German leader Rommel
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Who was Yamamoto?
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Admiral Yamamoto was the Japanese commander (leaders) who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Who was Rommel?
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Rommel was the German commander (leader) who fought in North Africa and was defeated by General Eisenhower of the U.S.
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What was the date of D-Day?
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June 6, 1944
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When was the beginning of Germany's invasions? When they invaded Poland?
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September 1, 1939
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When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
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December 7, 1941
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When was V-E Day (Victory in Europe)?
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May 8, 1945
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When did the U.S. bomb Hiroshima?
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August 6, 1945
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When did the U.S. bomb Nagasaki?
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August 9, 1945
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When was a peace treaty signed with Japan?
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September 2, 1945
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What were victory gardens?
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Gardens U.S. people planted to save on buying food during WWII
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What was a GI?
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American solider (government issued clothes, weapons)
There were 16 million GIs |
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What was the Atlantic Charter?
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When President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill put down their "rules" for WWII
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Who was Stalin?
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Leader of Russia (the Red Army)
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Who were the Allies?
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England, France, U.S., Russia
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Who were the Central Axis or Powers?
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Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan
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Who was Hitler?
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German Chancellor (leader) who believed Germans should be pure blooded
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What was the Holocaust?
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Hitler's solution to kill the Jews, gyspies, and others who were bad for Germany
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Who was Kaiser?
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Man who built warships (liberty ships) for the U.S. Navy
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What was the War Produrction Board?
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People in charge of war support in the U.S. Changed factories to making army tanks, weapons, uniforms, and other things soldiers needed
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What were war bonds?
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The government sold bonds for one price, that were worth more money after 10-20 years to raise money for war
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What was a U-Boat?
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A German submarine
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What was a Wolf-Pack?
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German submarines that traveled together to attack ships
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What was "unrestriced" attacks
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The Germans attacked war ships, passenger ships, and business ships in the Atlantic Ocean
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Who was John Lewis?
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Leader of the United Mine Workers who went on strike in 1943
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What did Ford Motor Company do?
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Built war planes at a plant in Willow Run, Michigan
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What was the cost-plus system?
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Paying companies to make things needed for war. Government paid them and then bought the items.
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What were kamikazies?
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Japanese piolets who would put bombs on their planes and then crash into U.S. ships
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What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
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Battle where the U.S. won keeping Japan from invading Australia
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What was the Bataan Death March?
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Japanese made prisoners of war march while they killed them or starved them and tortured them.
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When did Germany surrender?
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May 8, 1945
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What was the Yalta Conference
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A meeting held with leaders of Allied countries to decide how to punish Germany for starting the war.
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When did Hitler kill himself?
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April, 1945
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What was the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Fighting the German U-boars (submarines) in the Atlantic
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What was the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
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The biggest sea battle in history where the Japanese navy was destroyed.
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What was the Battle of Guadacanal?
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A battle U.S. won in the Pacific and then they started jungle warfare
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What was the Manhattan Project?
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Development of the first atomic bomb
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What was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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The bloodiest battle of the war
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What happened to African American soldiers after WWII?
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They came home to U.S. and had more discrimination
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What happnned to Mexican Americans during WWII?
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Were discriminated against. Worked during war, but after war, they lost their jobs. Became farm laborers after war
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What happened to Japanese Americans during WWII?
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They were placed in internment camps because U.S. thought they were Japanese spies
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What happened to women during WWII?
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They got many different types of jobs and made more money
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Who were Nisei?
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U.S. Japanese Americans who were born in the U.S. with Japanese immigrant parents
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What was a ghetto?
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An area where all the Jews had to live in a city
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What was a death camp?
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Camps set up where Jews were killed by gas or other ways.
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What was a lconcentration camp?
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Camp where enemies of Germany were taken amd made to work like slaves
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What was Kistallnacht?
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Night where Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and homes and then blamed the Jews.
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What were the Nuremberg Trials?
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Trials where the Nazis who killed the Jews were punished.
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What were the Nuremberg Laws?
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Laws made for the Jews limiting their freedoms.
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What is genocide?
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Killing of an entire ethnic group or culture (like the Jews)
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