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Chapter12 History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strategy used to defeat Hitler | Island hopping |
| campaigned against discriminatory practices in the US | A. Phillip Randolph |
| Big Three meeting to discuss postwar plans | Yalta Conference |
| limiting the amount of certain goods that civilians can buy | rationing |
| All-Nisei unit; most decorated military unit in us history | 442nd Regimental Combat Team |
| Willful annihilation of a racial political or cultural group | genocide |
| US organized to aid Eastern European Jews | "European First" strategy |
| Fostered cooperation between the Great Powers | United Nations |
| Allied adopted "European First" strategy because... | only Germany was considered a long term defeat |
| Allied bombing in Germany in 1942 changed the war because it.. | helped pave a way for a later all out offensive |
| which battle on the Russian front ended Hitler's war plans | the battle of Stalingrad |
| Following the battle of Stalingrad Hitler's war plans.. | dominating Europe had ended |
| What did American leaders learn at the Kasserine pass in North Africa | that they needed aggressive officers and troops better trained for desert fighting |
| what campaign in the European theater was fought on a continent other than Europe | it was fought in North Africa |
| During ww11 many African Americans.. | joined organizations to fight segregation |
| what happened at the battle of midway | US sank jap aircrafts and lost 250 aircrafts and lost many pilots |
| what was the result of the battle of midway | Japs never again threated the pacific domination |
| what was an affect that ww11 had on American women | women took men's jobs |
| wartime migration caused the worst incident of racial violence in.. | Detroit, Michigan |
| how did population shifts change American lives during the war | southwest became a growing cultural social political and economical force |
| jap americans generally faced more restrictions than Italians and German americans during ww11 because they.. | they were isolated from the other americans |
| executive order 9066 affected civil liberties in the US because it | designated war zones from which anyone could be removed |
| FDR created the OPA which | had authority to control wages and set maximum prices |
| why did Stalin want Britain and the US to open a second front in France | Wanted Germany to divide its troops between 2 fronts |
| what took place at the Teheran conference | Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack Germany on western front |
| what was one affect of D Day invasion | allies took on important step towards reaching berlin |
| one of the effects of the battle of the bulge was that | Germany used and reserves and demoralized its troops in the battle |
| pres. Truman's chief priority in using the atomic bomb against jap was | save American lives |
| as American forces approached jap, jap forces | fought to the end rather than give up |
| who made the decision to use the atomic bomb against the japs | harry s truman |
| which group did the Nazis find superior | Aryans |
| many jews were prevented from leaving Germany because. | some countries refused to accept them during the GD |
| Hitler's economic persecution of jews in Germany involved | barrying of the jews from working in the civil service |
| at the 1942 wannsee conference Reinhard, Heydrich | outlined a plan to exterminate about 11,000,000 jews |
| what was Hitler's final solution | to exterminate all jews living in third Reich controlled regions |
| the largest Nazi death camp was located at | Auschwitz |
| what did the US have a delay response to the ending of the Holocaust | they focused on the US' recourses and defeating Hitler |
| what is one result of ww11 | colonial people renewed their drive for independence from European powers |
| what decisions were made during the 1945 conference in Potsdam | big 3 formalized a plan to divide Germany into 4 zones of occupation |
| how did jap change politically after ww11 | a new contribution enacted democratic reforms |
| the UN was organized to | encourage cooperation between the great powers |
| in the years closely following ww11 many African americans | renewed their efforts to work for civil rights |
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