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What problem was targeted by the Office of Price Administration?
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Inflation
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Who was the commander of the US forces in Europe?
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Eisenhower
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Stalingrad Victory was won by:
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Brutal winter
Hitler Refused to order a German Retreat |
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Purpose of D-Day:
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Liberate France from German control
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What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
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Develop first atomic bomb
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Battle of the Bulge was the...
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last German offensive
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V-E Day, May 8, 1945 was when...
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Germany surrendered
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Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bomb?
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Truman
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Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
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Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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During the war, what was the legal way to obtain restricted goods?
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ration stamps
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What date was Pearl Harbor
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Dec 7, 1941
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What did the interrment of the Japanese Americans do during WWII?
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deprive them of their civil rights and civil liberties
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During WWII, why did the Soviet Union pressure the Allies to open a second front?
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Force Germany to move some of its troops to the Eastern Front
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The Battle of Midway was crucial for the US because
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it dealt a severe blow to the Japanese Navy.
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What did "island hopping" refer to?
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attack some island while passing more fortified ones
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What were the effects of Pearl Harbor?
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Ideas of neutrality changed, 1000's of Japanese Americans interred, women went to work in the factories
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How did the role of women change in WWII?
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Women went to work in business and industry
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President Truman justified the dropping of the atomic bomb
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...because it would shorten the war and save lives of US soldiers
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The Holocaust is the name for...
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German Nazi program to exterminate Jews, Gypsies and other groups in Europe
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Things rationed during WWII:
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Sugar
Gasoline Rubber |
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The concentration camps were used by the Nazis to...
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...carry out Hitler's policy of genocide against Jewish people
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The Nuremburg trials charged Nazi's of...
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crimes against humanity
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Why did African Americans move to cities during WWII?
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Industry in the North and West expanding rapidly
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A major turning point on the Eastern front in Europe was at:
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Stalingrad
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The office of price administration fought inflation by:
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price controls and rationing
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Yalta Conference:
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The Soviet Union wanted land they controled
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Last military action of WWII:
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Nagasaki
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