Chapter 17 US-History vocab – Flashcards
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George Marshall II
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Army chief of staff during World War I
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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
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Women volunteers who served in non-combat positions
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A. Philip Randolph
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Important African-American labor leader
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Manhattan Project
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Secret research project that resulted in the Atomic Bomb
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
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Agency of the federal government that fought inflation
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War Production Board (WPB)
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Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials
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Rationing
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Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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American general who led the American forces and defeated German troops under Erwin Rommel.
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D-Day
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Allied invasion to liberate Europe
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Omar Bradley
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American general who opened a huge hole in the German lines.
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George Patton
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American general who liberated Paris in August. When Omar Bradley opened a huge hole in the German lines, it allowed Patton do to this
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Battle of the Bulge
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German counteroffensive in December 1944
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V-E Day
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Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945
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Harry S. Truman
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33rd president of the US
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Douglas MacArthur
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American commander in the Philippines
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Chester Nimitz
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Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific
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Battle of Midway
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American victory that was the turning point in the Pacific War
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Kamizkaze
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Japanese suicide flight
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Scientist who led the Manhattan Project
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Hiroshima
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City that was the site of the first atomic-bomb drop in Japan
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Nagasaki
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Japanese city that was the site of the second atomic-bomb drop
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Nuremberg Trials
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Tribunal that tried Nazi leaders for war crimes
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GI Bill of Rights
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Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life
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James Farmer
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Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
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Interracial organization formed to fight discrimination
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Internment
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Confinement under guard, especially during wartime
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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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Civil rights group formed by Japanese Americans
