History ch 17 – Flashcards
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This labor leader strongly encouraged President Roosevelt to issue an execultive order discouraging discrimination in the workplace.
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A. Phillip Randolph
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This day marked the end of the war in Europe.
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V-E Day
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This day marked the invasion of Nazi controlled Europe.
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D-Day
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This was the code name for the invasion of Axis controlled North Africa.
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Operation Torch
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Convoys, sonar, and radar helped the Allies to win this battle.
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Battle of the Atlantic
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This general led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation.
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George Patton
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in December of 1941, who commanded the Allied forces in the Philippines?
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Douglas MacArthur
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He was Roosevelt's vice president.
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Harry S. Truman
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This Army Chief of Staff pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
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George Marshall
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This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods.
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rationing
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The law establishing this gave itsmembers official status and salary, and, a year later, granted them full U.S. Army benefits.
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The Womens Auxillary Army Corps
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This is the code name for the atomic bomb program.
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Manhatten Project
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This assumed the responsibility for converting industry from peacetime to wartime production and distributing raw materials to key industries.
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War Production Board
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expanded the draft
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The Selective Service system
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was created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation.
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The Office of Price Administration
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This was responsible for improvements in radar and sonar and the development of "wonder drugs"
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The Office of Scientific research
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This death camp was the first liberated by the Allies.
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Majdanek
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This general commanded Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Europe.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This leader did not attend the Yalta Conference.
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Harry S. Truman
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Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of an attack were intercepted?
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Japan
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The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the
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last german offensive
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The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for
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veterans to attend college for free
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During the war, women in the WAACs served as
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nurses and radio operators
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To combat wartime inflation, the U.S. government did all of the following except
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increase production of consumer goods
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V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when
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germany surrendered
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The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day.
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Nazi-occupied Europe
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General __ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.
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George Patton
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To protect discrimination, ___ organized a march in Washington on July 1,1941.
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Phillip Randolph
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The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration.
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inflation
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allied power during WW2
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SOVIET UNION
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remained neutral during war
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Sweden
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axis controlled country
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morocco
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. Which city marked the farthest advance of Axis powers into the Soviet Union?
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Stalingrad
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In which direction did Allied troops move after liberating Paris?
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east
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Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to
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strong anti-japanese sentiment
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The Battle of stalingrad lasted about _______.
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5 months
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This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods.
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rationing
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This general led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation.
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George Patton
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The initial success of this German offensive battle was due mainly to the Allies' being caught off guard.
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Battle of the Bulge
