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| What was the Office of Price Administration formed to do? |
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| Who organized a March on Washington to protest discrimination in July of 1941?0 |
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| What happened to Japanese-Americans at home during the War? |
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| What was the nickname given to women who went into the workforce? |
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| Were African-Americans able to find more jobs during the war? |
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| During the war, women could join the WAACs doing what? |
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| Why were some people moved to internment camps during the war? |
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| What was the Selective Service Act? |
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| What was our first objective in the war? |
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| What was the War Production Board? |
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| What was the Arsenal of Democracy? |
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| What kinds of units did African-Americans and other minorities serve in during the war? |
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| Who were the main Axis Powers? Allied Powers? |
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| Why was the Battle of the Bulge significant? |
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| Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe? |
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| What factors led to the Soviet victory at Stalingrad? |
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| Who were the first troops to enter and liberate Berlin? |
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| Where did the Allied forces first invade Europe? |
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| What countries were fighting on the Western front in Europe? |
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| What countries were fighting on the Eastern front in Europe? |
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| What happened to Hitler at the end of the war? |
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| What battle was considered the turning point in the war in Europe? |
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| What was the code name for the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa? |
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| What US general led the American troops through France to liberate Paris? |
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| What German attack caught the Allies off guard? |
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| What was the 442nd Regiment? |
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| Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway? |
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| Who said, “I shall return” when he was forced to leave the Philippines? |
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| What were some reasons for Truman dropping the Atomic Bombs? |
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| At what battle did the Japanese first result to Kamikaze Pilots? |
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| Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific? |
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| Where was the famous picture of the marines raising the flag taken? |
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| What battle is considered to be the turning point in the war in the Pacific? |
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| Why was the capture of Okinawa important? |
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| During the early part of the war in the Pacific, how was the war characterized? |
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| What did the battles of Coral Sea and Midway demonstrated the importance of? |
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| What was our military strategy in the Pacific? |
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| Where did John Basilone win his Congressional Medal of Honor? |
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| What were the Doolittle Raids? |
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| What role did the Navajo play in the war? |
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| Which leaders attended the Yalta Conference? |
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| At what conference was it decided that Germany would be divided into four military zones after the war? |
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| What happened only 5 months after the Election of 1944? |
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| Where did the US drop the atomic bombs? |
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| At what conference did the US warn Japan “Surrender or be destroyed?” |
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| Who was the Scientist that led the scientific research and development team to develop the atomic bomb? |
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