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| What did FDR feel would put an end to concentration camps? |
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| Dirt walls, several feet thick, covered in shubbery |
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| What ended the battle of the hedgerows? |
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| 2,500 American bombers blew a hole in German lines allowing tanks through |
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| How did the Battle of the Bulge get its name? |
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| As German troops reaced west our lines bulged outwards |
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| Who won the Battle of the Bulge? |
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| How did Hitler respond to the U.S. winning the Battle of the Bulge? |
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| What was important about May 8, 1945? |
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| V-E Day, Victory in Europe |
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| How did Harry S. Truman become president? |
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| Why did America want to invade Iwo Jima? |
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| To create a fueling base closer to Japan |
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| What decision did Curtis LeMay make and why was it a controversial decision? |
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| He decided to have B-29s drop napalm, the fires killed civilians |
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| Why did the American military want to invade Okinawa? |
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| To stockpile supplies closer to Japan |
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| After invading Okinawa, why did Japan not surrender? |
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| What was the manhattan project? |
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| U.S. project to build nuclear bombs |
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| What bomb was dropped on Hiroshima? |
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| What was the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? |
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| What bomb was dropped on Nagasaki? |
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| When did the Japanese declare surrender aka VJ-Day? |
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| What international political organization was created to prevent future wars? |
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| What two branches made up the United Nations? |
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| General Assembly and Security Council |
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| What was created to punish Germany and Japanese leaders for their war crimes? |
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| International Military Tribunal |
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| Who met at the Casablanca Conference, and what decision was made? |
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| Rossevelt and Churchill, to bomb Germany, attack the Axis at Silicy, and capture Italy. |
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| What did the severe bombing at the Casablanca Conference cause? |
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Oil Shortages
Wrecked Railroads
Destroyed Airplane Factories |
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| Who was in charge of the invasion of Silicy? |
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| After the Germans evacuated, who was placed under arrest? |
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| Who met in Tehran, Iran, to make agreements about the plans for the rest of the war and after the war? |
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| What was the code name for the planned invasion of France by the Allies? |
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| Who was the selected commander of Operation Overlord? |
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| What advantadge did the Americans have during Operation Overload? |
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| Element of surprise due to fake attack at Pas-de-Calais |
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| What was the date of the invasion during Operation Overlord known as? |
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| What beach did was easily taken over during D-Day? |
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| What beach did soliders meet intense German fire? |
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| What commander planned an evacuation of Omaha Beach? |
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| After Operation Overlord, what two pronged attack was established? |
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Admiral Nimitz vs. Japan
General MacArthur vs. New Guinea and the Phillipines
Island Hopping |
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| What vehicle helped get troops across the reef at Tarawa? |
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| After Tarawa, what group of islands were captured |
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| What were used to invade the Marina Islands? |
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| Where did General MacArthur start his campaign? |
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| What two bases did MacArthur and his troops capture? |
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| Where did the Battle of Leyte Gulf occur? |
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| What kind of attacks did the Japanese use? |
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| What positive effect did WWII have on American society? |
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Ended Great Depression
Higher employment rate
Created more jobs |
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| Who became a popular character for the campaign to hire women in the factories? |
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| What was the result of the Rosie the Riveter? |
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| More middle class women began working in factories |
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| Who took action to hire African Americans in factories? |
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| What was A. Phillip Randolph's plan? |
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| To have from ten to fifty african americans to march on Washington in interest to secure jobs |
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| What did the Executive Order 8802 declare? |
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| There shall be no discrimination in industrial and government jobs |
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| How did the Bracero Program help Mexicans? |
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| Mexicans worked to help in the U.S. harvest |
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| What was the Sunbelt region? |
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| Southwest region of industrial industry |
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| How did the federal government help the workers in the Sunbelt region? |
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| $1.2 billion in public housing, schools, and community centers |
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| What did African Americans continue with by leaving the South and heading North looking for jobs? |
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| Why were zoot suits considered unpatriotic during the war? |
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| We were rationing fabric for the war, zoot suits use tons of fabric |
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| Who were associated with zoot suits? |
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| Why was it possible to evacuate all people of Japanese ancestry from America? |
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| Executive order 9066 allowing the West Coast to become a Military Zone |
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| Where were evacuated people of Japanese ancestry sent? |
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| What was created to stop inflation during war? |
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| Office of Price Administration |
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| What occured because of the demand for raw materials and supplies increased? |
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| Rationing red points and blue points |
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| Why did people plant victory gardens? |
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| Why were scrap drives organized? |
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| Ration raw materials, get more red and blue points |
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| What were sold to Americans to help pay for the war? |
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| How did women and minorities gain ground in the American workforce? |
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Phillip Randolph
Braccero
Rosie the Riveter |
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| Why did racism increase in the U.S. during WWII? |
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Great Migration
Bracero
Executive Order 9066
Zoot Suits |
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| How did Americans at home contribute to the war? |
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E-Bonds
Rationing
Victory Gardens
Red points and Blue Points
Scrap Drives
Women taking factory jobs |
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