Ch. 11 World War 2 – Flashcards
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Dropping large amounts of bombs to inflict maximum damage
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Saturation bombing
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general known as Blood and Guts
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George S Platton Jr.
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dropping bombs that target key political and industrial centers
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strategic bombing
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accepting defeat without any concessions
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unconditional surrender
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led the Allied invasion of North Africa
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Dwight Eisenhower
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US naval commander
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Chester Nimitz
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The Allies decided to pursue a Europe First strategy because they
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believed that Germany posed a more serious threat than Japan did
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Following the Battle of Stallingrad
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Hitler's plans of dominating Europe were ended
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Allied bombing of Germany in 1942 changed the war because it
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helped pave the way for a later all out offnesive
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A result of the Battle of Midway
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Japan never again threatened Pacific domination
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limiting the amount of certain goods
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rationing
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ensured fair hiring practices in jobs funded with government money
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Executive Order 8802
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worked with the media to encourage support for the war effort
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OWI
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policy of temporary imprisoning members of a specific group
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internment
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plan to bring laborers from Mexico to work on American farms
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bracero program
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African American labor leader
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Philip Randolph
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How did wartime pressures create a break from the past?
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Many women took nontraditional jobs
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During WWII many african Americans
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joined organizations dedicated to fighting segregation
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Executive Order 9066 affected civil liberties in the IS because it
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designated war zones from which anyone could be removed
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Who created the office of Price Administration
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Franklin Roosevelt
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became president after FDR's death
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Harry Truman
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the program to develop the atomic bomb
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Manhattan Project
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signed a letter to President Roosevelt explaining the importance of atomic development
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Albert Einstein
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Day when allies launched their invasion of Normandy
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D-Day
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American forces in the Pacific followed what strategy
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island hopping
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effect of the D Day invasion
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The Allies took an important step toward reaching Berlin
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an attempt to drive a wedge between American and British forces
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Battle of the Bulge
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one of the effects of the Battle of Bulge
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Germany used its reserves and demoralized its troops in the battle
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As American forces approached Japan, the Japanese forces
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fought almost to the last, preferring killing themselves to surrender
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who made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan
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Harry Truman
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Nazi Attack on Jewish synagogues, businesses, etc
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Kristallnacht
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Place to confine a specific group
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concentration camp
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US organization to aid European Jews
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Wmnar Refugee Board
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Laws to restrict rights of Jews
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nuremberg
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annihalation of a gov
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genocide
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nazi attempt to eradicate jews and other
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holocaust
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hitlers economic persecution of Jews in Germany involved
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barring jews from working in Civil service
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many jews were prevented from leaving Germany because
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other countries refused to accept them in Great Depression
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what did Nazi camp administrators do to identify different groups of people in the camps
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they wore different colors
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what prevented US initial response to Holocaust?
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many people underestimated Hitler's plan
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Declaration drafted under Elenor Roosevelt
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universal declaration of human rights
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governs treatment of wounded prisoners of war
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geneva convntion
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dominant countries after wwii
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superpowers
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drafted under the guidance of Eleanor Roosevelt
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs
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GATT
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legal action taken against Nazis
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Nuremburg Trials
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provided food and aid to the world
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United Nations
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How did Japan change politically after WWII?
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A new constitution enacted dramatic reforms
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Which two nations emerged as the strongest following WWII?
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Soviet Union and United States
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The United Nations was organized to
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encourage cooperation
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In the years closely following WWII, many African Americans
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renewed their efforts to work for civil rights
