The United States in WWII – Flashcards
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Women's Auxilary Army Corps
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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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rationing
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This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods.
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George Marshall
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This Army Chief of Staff pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
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Manhattan Project
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This is the code name for the atomic bomb program.
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A. Philip Randolph
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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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War Production Board
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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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Selective Service System
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This expanded the draft and eventually mustered 10 million soldiers.
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Office of Price Administration
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This was created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation.
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
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This was responsible for improvements in radar and sonar and the development of "wonder drugs" such as penicillin that saved countless lives.
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Harry S. Truman
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He was Roosevelt's vice president.
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VE Day
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This day marked the end of the war in Europe.
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Majdanek
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This death camp was the first liberated by the Allies.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This general commanded Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Europe.
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D Day
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This day marked the invasion of Nazi controlled Europe.
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Operation Torch
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This was the code name for the invasion of Axis controlled North Africa.
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Battle of the Atlantic
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Convoys, sonar, and radar helped the Allies to win this battle.
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George Patton
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This general led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation.
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Battle of the Bulge
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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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Douglas MacArthur
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In December of 1941, who commanded the Allied forces in the Philippines?
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Manhattan Project
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This was the name of the plan to develop the Atomic Bomb.
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Japan
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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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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Where did the United States drop the Atomic Bomb?
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Harry S. Truman
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This leader did not attend the Yalta Conference.
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Nazi leaders
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These leaders were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials.
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A Philip Randlph
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The civil rights leader who battled discrimination in war related jobs.
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D Day
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The Allied invasion of France to free western Europe from the Nazis was known as _______________________.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The commander of U.S. forces in Europe
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Iwo Jima
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The first atomic bomb used against Japan was dropped on ____________________.
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returning vetrans
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The GI Bill of RIghts provided help to ______________________________.
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Nagasaki
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Japanese city that was the site of the first atomic bomb drop.
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A Philip Randolph
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An important African American labor leader
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VE Day
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The day Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies.
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Douglas MacArthur
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The American general who liberated the Philippines and supervised the occupation of Japan.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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The American general who commanded the D Day invasion and received Germany's surrender.
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kamikaze
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Japanese suicide plane air raids.
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Congress of Racial Equality
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An organization formed to fight discrimination.
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Harry S Truman
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The vice president who became president when Roosevelt died.
