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WWII in Eur/Pacific
WWII in Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Allies | U. S. (FDR) ; England (Churchill) Russia (Stalin) |
| FDRs Four Freedoms | Want, Fear, Speech, Religion |
| Lend-Lease Act | moved the U.S. away from ISOLATION and NEUTRALITY by providing England and Russia with war supplies |
| D-Day | the invasion of NORMANDY in France led by Gen. Eisenhower |
| Gen. Eisenhower | Operation Overlord= turned the tide against Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany - shores of Normandy, France and helped end WWII |
| OPA - Office of Price Administration | established a rationing system using COUPONS to preserve food for the military and reduce hoarding |
| withholding tax | the government insisted on taxes being withheld from paychecks = to collect the increased income taxes |
| Rosie the Riveter | symbol of women getting jobs in factories because men were not available = "We Can Do It" = men were away at war |
| Women's Army Corps (WACs) | women in the army |
| The Nisei 1941 | Japanese-Americans already in training at start of the war had been placed in internment camps because of suspicions of disloyalty (Europe WWI) |
| FDR's Executive Order #8802 | ended discrimination in employment of workers in defense industries and in Government because of race, creed, or national origin (1941) |
| Korematsu Case | the Supreme Court allowed the interment to protect US against espionage |
| The Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 = to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating into the US = repealed in 1943 |
| Pearl Harbor | the surprise Japanese attack on the Pacific Fleet caused US to declare war (WWII) |
| Midway | the turning point in the Pacific (WWII) when a U.S. fleet sank FOUR Japanese aircraft carriers |
| Island Hopping | U.S. plan of capturing key islands on the way to Japan the last two were Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
| Manhattan Project | secret development of the ATOMIC BOMB; the first was ordered to be dropped on HIROSHIMA by Truman |
| Manhattan Project | lead to Cold War |
| Yalta Conference | The BIG THREE met to discuss post-war Europe; agreed to FREE ELECTIONS in Eastern Europe and the division of Germany |
| Yalta Conference | Stalin restated his commitment to going to war with Japan |
| Potsdam Conference | Truman, Churchill and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into occupation zones |
| Potsdam Conference | Japan was warned that ONLY unconditional surrender would prevent destruction |
| Double V campaign | African-Americans were serving bravely in WWII = they deserved RACIAL EQUALITY = FDRs Executive Order 8802 |
| FDRs Executive Order 8802 | ended discrimination in defense industry hiring |
| Zoot Suit Riots | sailors and soldiers attacked Latino teenagers wearing "victory suits" in California |
| Navajo Code Talkers | Navajo Indians who used their language as a SECRET CODE |
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