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AmerHisCH.17
american History chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the army chief of staff | george marshall |
| president and founder of the brotherhood | a phillip randolph |
| government issue, enlisted army soldiers | G.I. |
| women volunteers service in non-combat | Women's Auxillary Army Corps |
| fixed allotment of goods | rationing |
| brought the scientific community into war research | Office of scientific research & development |
| the code name for the atomic bomb research, New Mexico | Manhattan Project |
| fought inflation; freezing prices; increased taxes | Office of price administration |
| converted industry; all industries making war supplies | war production board |
| explain how the US expanded its armed forces in WWII | selective service & minorities |
| describe the wartime mobilization of industry, labor, scientists, & the media... | indusrty-factories converted media-positive propoganda labor- 6 million women science- research new weapons |
| trace the efforts of the US government to control the economy & deal with alleged subversion | 1. OPA 2. rationing 3. government intervene 4. promotion of patriotism 5. illegal to criticize government during national emergency |
| became general of the supreme allied forces, led two major attacks-North Africa & invasion of Norway | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| led allied forces into enemy lives | omar bradly |
| US general of the famous third army | george patton |
| allies gain control of atlantic | |
| was the vice president; became president after the death of FDR; was forced to decide when to drop the first atomic bomb | Harry S Truman |
| allies gain control of Atlantic; allowed safe transportation for troops and supplies | Battle of Atlantic |
| the turning point of WWII | batlle of Stalingrad |
| american citizens whose parents had emigrated to US from japan | nisei |
| code name for operation overlord; June 6,1994 | D-Day |
| germans launche their final attacke | battle of buldge |
| victory in Europe day; may 8, 1945 | V-E Day |
| summarize the alllies plan for winning th war | dividing into too fronts defeat hitler and then Japan |
| identify events in the war in europe | battle of atlantic a stalingad buldge d-day v-e day |
| known for saying, "I shall return" | douglas macarthur |
| the commander of american naval forces | chester nemitz |
| navajo native americans | navajo code talkers |
| led manhattan project | J robert oppenheimer |
| b-29 bomber; the bomber who released the atomic bomb | enola gay |
| "little man" august 9, 1945 | hiroshima |
| "fat man" was dropped aug. 9, 1945` | nagasaki |
| allied forces stopped japan from taking australia | battle of coral sea |
| the turning point on the pacific war | battle of midway |
| suicide bombers; an honor; devine winds | kamikazee |
| the US built heavy bombers to launch attacks | iwo jima |
| larest deaths for both sides | battle of okinawa |
| the big three toasted the defeat of germany | yalta conference |
| the big three... consisted of....... | stalin; churchill; FDR |
| describe allied offensive against the japanese | island hopping-quick attacks |
| the turning points of the pacific war | battle of midway battle of coral sea iwo jima |
| prosecution of nazi's for crimes against humanity | numberg trials |
| challenges faced by the allies in building a jus and lasting peace | rebuilding europe controlling germany rebuilding japan-stronger than us soviet union-becoming a superpower |
| 1942- civil rights leader who founded the (CORE) | james farmer |
| to confront urban segregation in the North | congress of racial equality |
| pushed the governmentto cooperate those sent to camps for their property | Japanese american citizens league |
| movement of people to another place to find work | migration |
| 1944readjustment act; provided education & training for veterans; payed for by federal government | GI Bill of Rights |
| style of dress adopted by mexican americans youths a symbol of there rebellion against tradition | "Zoot-Suit" riots |
| confinement of 1,444 Japanese Americans | Internment |
| the economic & social changes that reshaped american life during the WWII | unemployement went down defense industry boomed |
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