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WWII
vocab. from WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was George Marshall? | He was the Army Chief of Staff who pushed for the formation of a WAAC (Women's Auxiliary Corp). |
| What was the WAAC? | U.S army unit created during WWII to enable women to serve in noncombatant positions. |
| Who was A. Philip Randolph? | He was the president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the nations's most respected African American labor leader. He organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941. |
| What was the Manhattan Project? | It was the U.S program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII. |
| What was the Office of Price Administration (OPA)? | An agency established by Congress to control inflation during WWII. |
| What was the War Production Board (WPB)? | An agency established during WWII to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S industries. |
| What is rationing? | A restriction of people's right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods, often implemented during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military. |
| Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower? | He was an American General who commanded Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa. He later became the 34th president from 1953-1961. |
| What was D-Day? | A name given to June 6th, 1944- the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during WWII. |
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