US History Chapter 25 – Flashcards
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George Marshall
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Army Chief of Staff who suggested using women for noncombat military jobs
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WAAC
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the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps created by Congress for military jobs
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Manhattan project
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secret development of the atomic bomb led by J. Robert Oppenheimer
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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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system that restricted the amount of food and goods people may buy during wartime.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower "Ike"
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American general who led forces that defeated German troops
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D-Day-June 6, 1944
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the day the Allies crossed the English Channel and landed in Normandy, France. The largest land-sea-air operation in history launched to liberate Europe.
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George Patton
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American general who led his 3rdArmy to free Paris
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Battle of the Bulge
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Hitler's counterattack where the allies pushed the Germans back
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V-E Day- May 8, 1945
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Victory in Europe Day, the surrender of Nazi Germany
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Harry Truman
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vice president who became president after Roosevelt died on March 1945.
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Douglas MacArthur
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general who was the commander of the American army in the Philippines
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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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kamikaze
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Japanese suicide attacks
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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scientist who led the Manhattan Project (development of the atomic bomb).
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japanese cities where the 1st and 2nd atomic bombs were dropped
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Nuremberg Trials
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tribunal that tried Nazi leaders for war crimes
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Japanese Internment
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After Pearl Harbor when Japanese Americans were ordered to confinement
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GI Bill of Rights
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passed by Congress in 1944 to help servicemen readjust to civilian life
