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Rationing

A limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use

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Manhattan Project

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

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A. Phillip Randolph

African American labor leader

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James Farmer

Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

an interracial group founded in 1942 by James Farmer to work against segregation in Northern cities

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internment

Confinement during wartime

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Allied Control Council

Britain, France, US and USSR split Germany into zones that they "controlled". There was mistrust between democratic and communist countries.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be Pres. of the USA

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Omar Bradley

American general who led the ground forces at D Day

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D-Day

Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) invasion of France, The turning point of World War II.

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George Patton

Allied Commander of the Third Army. Was instrumental in winning the Battle of the Bulge. Considered one of the best military commanders in American history.

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Battle of the Bulge

Hitlers last chance to try and win the war

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Douglas MacArthur

American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II.

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Bataan Death March

Japanese forced about 60,000 of americans and philippines to march 100 miles with little food and water, most died or were killed on the way

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Chester Nimitz

United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)

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Battle of Midway

turning point in the pacific war

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Island Hopping

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

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kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots

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George Marshall

United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

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WAAC

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. Women volunteering for the army would not be given the same rank, pay, or benefits as men who were doing the same thing as them.

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Office of Price Administration

The Office of Price Administration, a New Deal organization created to control prices after the outbreak of WWII to

rationed

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V-E Day

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

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Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

said yes Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

secrured UN

33rd president at end of war

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

lead the Manhattan Project: the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear bomb. He was remembered as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb."

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Hiroshima

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.

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Nagasaki

Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945).

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United Nations

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

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Nuremberg Trials

A series of court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II, in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity.

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GI Bill of Rights

Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

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Office of War Information

established by the government to promote patriotism and help keep Americans united behind the war effort.

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War Production Board

Converted factories from civilian to military production. Manufacturing output tripled.

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Office of Scientific Research and Development

WWII agency contributes $100Ms to scientific projects like Manhattan, radar, sonar, etc

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Where was the Manhattan Project located? (HQ)

Okridge,Tenesee

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Robert Oppenheimer

head scientist of Manhattan project

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Trinity

code name for the Manhattan project

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believed we should use the atomic bomb

Stimson and Secretary James F. Brynes

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believed we shouldn't use atomic bomb

Leo sizard

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Enola Gay

Airplane that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

"little boy"

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Bockscar

name of the plane that dropped off the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki Japan

2nd plane

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Rosie the Riveter

A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.

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Erwin Rommel

The Desert Fox. Commander of the Axis forces in North Africa.

-led Africa corps (German soldiers in Africa)

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MacArthur Constitution

new Japanese constitution; established Japan as a parliamentary democracy

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Henry Kaiser

built liberty ships

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Braceros

Mexican workers that were brought to America to work when so many men and women were gone from home during World War II that there weren't enough workers.

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Zoot Suit Riots

a series of riots during which Mexican Americans were attacked by whites

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Executive order 9066

112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes and businesses

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Nisei

American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans.

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Korematsu vs US

Supreme Court ruled that internment of Japanese Americans was justified as the country's need for protection against espionage outweighed individual rights

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Japanese American Citizens League

Pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property

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Wolfpack

sending u-boats out in large groups at night to hunt ships, Germany's new technique

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Karl Doenitz

commander of the German U-boat offensive

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Battle of Stalingrad

Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union.

-soviet win

  • turning point of the war on the eastern front

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Operation Torch

Codename for allied invasion of North Africa from Novermber 1942 to September 1943 -led by Eisenhower

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El Alamein

in Egypt, British defeat Africa corps here

turning point in the war in North Africa

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Operation Overlord

code name for D-Day

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bagstone

turning point when Americans surrender here after the battle of the bulge

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Doolittle Raid

America's first air attack on Japan

in Tokyo,lifted American spirits

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Battle of Coral Sea

A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.

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Navajo Code Talkers

Native Americans from the Navajo tribe used their own language to make a code for the U.S. military that the Japanese could not desipher

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

1944 World War II naval battle between the United States and Japan. Largest naval engagement in history. Japanese navy was defeated.

-largest naval battle in history

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Battle of Iwo Jima

lasted 6 weeks, several thousand marines, and more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, this battle is also notable for the famous photograph of US marines lifting the American flag to a standpoint

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Battle of Okinawa

Allied victory over Japan on an island 350 miles from mainland Japan; March-June 1945

-use kamikazes

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Bridge at Remagen

All important bridge secured by troops under the command of General Omar Bradley; allows allies to continue over the Rhine River and into Germany

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Yalta Conference

1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

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Henry Stimson

Secretary of War during War World II

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Leo Szilard

United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)

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Potsdam Conference

July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

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USS Missouri

U.S. vessel in Tokyo Bay that the Japanese formally surrendered on

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.

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