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us history unit 3a
Who’s Who in Life in America during World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles Drew | Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) was born near Burlington, North Carolina. Dr. Drew, an African American physician and surgeon, was an authority on the preservation of human blood for transfusion. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President Franklin D. Roosevelt had begun creating agencies to oversee wartime production. |
| Albert Einstein | a Jewish refugee from Hitler’s Germany, alerted Roosevelt to the possibility that Nazi scientists were seeking to develop an atomic bomb. |
| Harry S Truman | The contributions of African Americans led President Harry S Truman to end segregation in the military in 1948; however, segregation was still practiced in schools, housing, and public facilities all over the United States. |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | The Manhattan Project’s scientific director was J. Robert Oppenheimer, and by 1945 many scientists had worked long hours to develop the atomic bomb. |