Chapter 14- America And WWII

Question 0

Vehicles

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A thing used for transporting people

Question 1

Cost-plus

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determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit a cost-plus government contract

Question 2

War production board

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The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government, which supervised production for war purposes during World War II. It was established on January 16, 1942, by Executive Order 9024 of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Office of war mobilization

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The Office of War Mobilization (OWM) was an independent agency of the United States government formed during World War II to coordinate all government agencies involved in the war effort. It was formed on May 27, 1943 by Executive Order 9347.[1]

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Draft

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Recruitment by the military

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Disenfranchised

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Deprive someone of the right to vote

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Double V campaign

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Campaign by African Americans for victory against racism abroad Nazi Holocaust and racism at home Jim Crow laws

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Tuskegee airmen

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Popular name for the first cadre of African-American pilots in the US military. Based in Tuskegee, Alabama, and formed as a fighter

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Oveta culp hobby

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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare

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Women’s army corps

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an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army.

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Chester Nimitz

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Nimitz: United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966

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Douglas MacArthur

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United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he

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Bataan death march

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The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan) took place in the Philippines in 1942 and was later accounted as a

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Corregidor

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An island in the Philippines at the entrance to Manila Bay, scene of World War II battles and now a national shrine.

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James Doolittle

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James Doolittle may refer to: James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1857–1869 Jimmy Doolittle, U.S. Army general

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Periphery

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The outer limits or edge of an area or object.

A marginal or secondary position in, or part or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity.

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Targets

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An object as the aim

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Convoy system

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Merchant ships sail in groups protected by an armed naval escort. The system was used to combat threat of unrestricted submarine warfare

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A Phillip Randolph

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Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the African-American civil-rights movement, the American labor movement and socialist political parties.

Question 19

Bracero program

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The Bracero Program (named for the Spanish term bracero, meaning “manual laborer” [lit. “one who works using his arms”]) was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico, for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States.

Question 20

Sunbelt

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The growth of Southern California and the expansion of cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region called the sunbelt

Question 21

Coordinate

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Bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a relationship that will ensure efficiency or harmony.

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Great migration

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The Great Migration was the movement of 2 million African Americans out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West

Question 23

Zoot suit

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A man’s suit of an exaggerated style, characterized by a long loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers

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Justified

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Having done for or marked by a good or legitimate reason the doctors were justified in treating her
Declared or made righteous in the sight of God

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Office of price administration

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was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II

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Rationing

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A fixed amount of a commodity

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Victory gardens

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A vegetable garden, esp. a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war.

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Casablanca conference

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The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, then a French protectorate, from January

Question 29

D-day

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date of the Allied landing in France, World War II.

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Omar Bradley

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United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981).

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Amphorae

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A tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck.

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Guadalcanal

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An island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the largest of the Solomon Islands

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Kamikaze

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A Japanese aircraft loaded with weapons

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Hedgerows

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A hedge of wild trees and shrubs

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Battle of the bulge

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Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive (a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise)

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V-E day

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Stands for victory in Europe.

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Harry s Truman

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elected vice president in Roosevelt’s 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt’s death in 1945…
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Iwo Jima

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The largest of the Volcano Islands in the western Pacific Ocean; site of attack and capture of Japanese airbase by US 1944–45

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Napalm

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A kind of jellied gasoline

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Manhattan project

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The code name for the American project set up in 1942 to develop an atom bomb. The project culminated in 1945 with the detonation of the

Question 41

V-J day

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August 15, 1945- the day Japan surrendered.

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United Nations

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An international political organization that could prevent another world war. Made up of 39 countries.

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Charter

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Constitution

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Nuremberg trials

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The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the main victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for