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in the week following pearl harbor, japanese forces occupied what places?

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Guam, Wake Island and Hong Kong

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in a battle around midway island in june 1942 did american win or lose?

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American forces were victorious, though they suffered heavy losses

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how long did the fighting at guadalcanal last?

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roughly 6 months

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on their arrival in europe, american strategists suggested an invasion where?

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france

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in Nov 1942, anglo-american forces landed in ?

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algeria and morocco

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the results of the fighting at stalingrad convinced roosevelt to d what?

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join the british in invading sicily

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when the allies moved on from sicily to the italian mainland, mussolini took what action?

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fled north to germany

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As early as what year did officials in Washington have evidence that hitlers forces were systematically murdering Jews and others?

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1942

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what problems virtually vanished with the coming of the war?

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unemployment and deflation

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the american west was transformed during the war by the construction of what?

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military bases, factories and infastructure

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t or f. virtually all who found civilian jobs during the war were unemployed workers who lost their previous job during the depression

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false. Many who entered the workforce were doing so for the first time

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describe strikes during the war

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strikes prompted new government restrictions and increased public animosity towards labor

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how did people feel about the office of price administration?

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successful but unpopular

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by the end of the war, german naval mines were technologically advanced but prone to what?

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effective allied countermeasures

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the island of guadalcanal is located where?

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east of new guinea

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over the course of the war, the size of civilian workforce was effected how?

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rose significantly

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the anti-inflation act of 1942 gave the federal government the authority to freeze what prices?

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agricultural prices, salaries, and rents

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a test weapon, the trinity bomb was ?

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detonated after the allied victory in europe, and produced the first atomic explosion in history

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in what area did germany and japan hold a significant lead at the start of the war?

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submarines, tanks, naval aviation

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over the course of the war, how did anglo-aerican aintiaircraft technology fare against german bombing raids?

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improved, but not enough to stop

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much of the intelligence gathered by the allies during the war came through what great britian top secret project?

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Ultra

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The migration of African-Americans out of the rural South___ the war

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Greatly increased during

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which Branches of the armed forces barred African Americans entirely at the start of the war?

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The Marine Corps and the Army Air Force

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Over the course of the war, the number of women in the workforce increased by roughly what percent?

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60%

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The war had what effect on immigration from Mexico?

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Increased

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During the war, child care facilities were?

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scarce

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The repression of political dissent in the United States during World War II was - - - the repression that occurred in World War I

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less pronounced than

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On the old popular sentiment regarding Japanese-American was - - - official sentiment.

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More tolerant than

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As the war continued conditions interned Japanese-Americans?

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Gradually improved

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Conditions in the camp that how Japanese-Americans during the war were?

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Uncomfortable but not brutal

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How did the war affect the social and legal status of Chinese-American?

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It enhance the social and legal status

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How does the word affect the social and legal status of Chinese-American

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It enhanced both the social and legal status

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In the Congressional election in 1942 the Republicans?

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gained seats in both the house and the senate

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The Republican candidate for president in 1944

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Thomas Dewey

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the bombing campaign's greatest contribution to allied victory was its effect on?

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german production

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who commanded the allied forces on D-day?

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dwight D eisenhower

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Each r as the wain europe came to an end, will Adolf Hitler did what?r

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committed suicide

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in the pacific, american submarines affected japanese how?

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decimated shipping and decimated the nations domestic economy

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in the immediate aftermath of leyte gulf, japanese resistance seemed to?

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increase

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the battle of Okinawa notably involved what?

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nighttime attacks, kamamaze attackes, siege tactics

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after the american invasion of Okinawa, Emperor hirohito of japan

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asked the countrys premier to sue for peace

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before ordering the use of atomic weapons against japan, truman did what?

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he issued a ultimatiium demanding unconditional surrender

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in the immediate aftermath of the attack on hiroshima, the japanese government reacted in what way?

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they were unable to agree on a responce

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approximately how many combatants died in world war II?

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14 million

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the managers of the federal governments wartime agencies primarily came from ?

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corporations and law firms

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the presidential campaign of 1944 revolved around what?

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economic issues and roosevelts health

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in their campaigns over Germany, allied bombers targeted who?

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both industrial installations and population centers

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the battle of Leyte gulf did what to japans capacity for naval war?

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essentially destroyed japans capacity to conduct a naval war

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Iwo Jima was the costliest battle in the history of the ?

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Marine Corps

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Japanese surrender came after ?

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emperor Hirohito sided with moderates in his government

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in the congressional elections of 1942s, how did republicans fair?

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gained seats in both the house and the senate

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much of germanys coded communication during the war made use of the so-called ___ machine

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enigma

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during the war, describe female workers and unions

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they joined unions in substantial numbers

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who were subject to the governments internment program?

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unnaturalized japanese immigrants and citizans of japanese decent, whether naturalized or native born

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what happened to the property of japanese americans, when they were interned?

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abandoned

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the presidential campaign of 1944 revolved around

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economic issues and roosevelts health

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what was the greatest contribution by the combing campaign (to allied victory)?

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german production

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most of the intelligence gathered by the allies during the war came through great britians top secret ___ project

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ultra

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t or false, during world war II people had money to spend; casinos race tracks and dance halls were busy

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true

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founded in january 1942, the war production board

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favored large corporations over small business

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the united service organizations or USOs focused on providing military personnel with

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recreation and entertainment

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by the end of the war, the national defense research committee had spent __ the amount allocated by the government to military research and development in the previous fourty years

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more than 4 times the amount

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the battle of the bulge took place where?

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the ardennes forest

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the war ____ effort to revive the tribal autonomy for native americans

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undermined

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the techniques of mass production provided what protection for the allies?

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quickly proved to be an advantage for the allies

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by the end of the war, domestic production was meeting ___ of the nations critical war needs

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virtually all

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the "zoot suit riots" of 1943 began when?

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white sailors attacked mexican-american teenagers

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widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign of world war II

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Midway

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This pacific island on which the japanese were attempting to build an airbase during world war II to threaten australia

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Guadalcanal

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the government of france that allied with the axis for industrial purposes from july 1940 to august 1944

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Vichy

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the genocide of aproximately 6 million europeans jews during world war II, program of systematically state-sponsored extermination by nazi germany throughout nazi-occupied territory

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Holocost

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its functions were originally to control costs and rents after the outbreak of world war II

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Office of price Adminestration (OPA)

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a prominent twentieth-century african american cival rights leader and founder of both the march on washington movement and the brotherhood of sleeping car porters

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A. Philip Randolph

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American Cival rights organization focusing in the 1940s on efforts to end segregation in interstate travel and the desegregation of chigago

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

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a series of law and diplomatic agreements, initiated by an august 1943 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico, for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico and the United States

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braceros Program

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the style of clothing popularized by mexican and african- americans during the late 1930s and 1940s

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zoot suits

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a cultural icon of the nited states, representing the american women who worked in factories during world war II

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"rosie the riveter"

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the euphemism for the imprisionment or confinment of people, commonly in large groups without trial; many japanese americans were confined to these centers during world war II

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"relocation centers"

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the landmark supreme court case in which the court ruled that the japanese american relocaion was constitutionally permissable

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Korematsu v. U.S.

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who was roosevelts vise president and then president himself during the end of world war II?

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Harry Truman

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the nazi controlled air force founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946

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the Luftwaffe

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What was June 6, 1944 (the day of normandy landings) which initiated the western allied effort to liberate mainland europe from nazi occupation during world war II

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D-Day

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during world war II he served as supreme commander of the Allied forces in europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the succesful invasion of france and germany in 1944-1945

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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a major german offensive launched toward the end of world war II through densely forested ardennes mountains region in belgium

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battle of the bulge

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the 1945 battle fought on the japanese island of Okinawa; the largest amphibious assault in the pacific war

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Ikinawa

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the scientific effort that led to the development of the first atomic bomb during world war II

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Manhatten Project

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along with J. Robert Oppenheimer, he is frequently referred to as the "father" of the atomic bomb

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Enrico Fermi

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A boeing B-29 bomber; on august 6,1945, it became the frst aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war

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Enola Gay

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one of the two japanese cities leveled by atomic blasts at the close of world war II

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Hiroshima

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during the first few months following the american entry into World war II?

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national opinion was remarkablly unified even though the war was going badly

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the battle of the coral sea and midway were significant in ?

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stemming the tide of japanese advances in the pacific

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the first area to be liberated from Axis occupation by the allies was?

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north africa

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the soviet unions position regarding the american and british campaigns in north africa and italy was to ?

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oppose north africa but favor italy, since it was closer to germany

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with referance to world war II the term Holocost refers to ?

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hitlers campaign to exterminate the jews

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during the war years describe the federal budget

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increased by 1000%

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which region of the united states benefited the most from wartime spending?

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the west

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describe the war production board of world war II

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it never gained as much power as the War Industries Board of World War I

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the two largest groups of migrant to american cities during world war II were?

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african american and mexican americans

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the famous image of "rosie the riveter" symbolized what?

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the erosion of some prejudice against women working in traditionally male jobs

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t or false? outside of california, there were widespread public opposition to the interment policy

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false

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the object of the manhatten project was to delevop?

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the atomic bomb

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in the final months of world war II in europe, american and british forces entered germany from ?

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the west and soviet troops entered germany from the east and occupied berlin.

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one of the two locations on which the united states dropped atomic bombs was?

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nagasaki

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when american soldiers returned home from the war what did they find?

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a nation that seemed largely the same as it did when they left

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true or false? other than pearl harbor, the two greatest japanese victories in world war II came in the battles of the coral sea and midway

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false

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t or f ? the soviet union complained about the north american campaign because they believed that it had delayed a major second front in europe by tying up american and british resources

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true

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because of the horror of the holocast, americanand british command officers decided to make the liberation of nazi concentration camps a higher priority than achieving the quickest possible end to the war. T or F?

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false

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t or f? because of the no strike pledges and government arbitration rules, labor union membership declined during world war II

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false

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t or f? in order not to slow down the economic recovery associated with the war effort, president roosevelt and congress decided to finance the war effort almost entirely by war bond drives without increasing income taxes

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false

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T or F? during world war II, A. Philip Randolph was the adminestrator of the office of price administration(OPA).

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false

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during world war II, the term braceros applied to mexican workers who were allowed into the united states for a limited time to work at a specific job. T or f?

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true

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the nickname often applied to women who took wartime industrial jobs was "homefront Hannah." t or false?

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false

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during world war II president roosevelt himself indicated that political emphasis should shift away from domestic reform declaring that "Dr. New Deal" should give way to "Dr. Win the War."

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true

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the relatively easy conquest of Iwo and Okinawa by naval and marine forces indicated that the japanese military had nearly lost the means and will to resist

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false

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