chapter 20 Flashcards
What is the double v
african american newspaper tjt urged the African Americans to support the war to achieve a double victory
What was the automobile that was produced in WW2
tanks
what is the selective service training act
plan for the first peacetime draft in america history.
what replaced short range bomber
b 25
what general invaded north Africa
George Patton and Dwight D Eisenhower
what is a victory suit
a suit w no vest cuffs, a short jacket to save fabric for the war
what is the sunbelt
when people moved to the mid west and morth east to work during the war for work
what campaign invasion of the south west pacific
southwest pacific theater
when was the united nations formed
October 24, 1945
what germans goal battle of bulge
to cut off allied supplies in Belgium
cost-plus
the government agrees to pay the company whatever it cost to make a product plus the cost of the profit
Liberty-ship
basic cargo ship used
disfranchise
African Americans denied the right to vote
reconstruction fiance
government agency set up during the depression to make loans to companies
war production board
they could set priorities and production goals and control the distribution
periphery
edges
convoy system
where cargo ships traveled in groups so they would not be bombed
Chester Nimitz
admiral commander of the us navy in the pacific
Douglas McCarthy
general who was fighting in the Philippians
James Doolittle
colonel who was in charge of landing in china after attacking japan
George Patton
general who captured the city of Casablanca
rationing
limiting the availability of products
victory garden
gardens that the government encouraged to people to have so that the American war people would have food
roise the riveter
a great symbol of the campaign. was popular in the song four vegabonds
a Phillip Randolph
head of the brotherhood of a sleeping car porters
zoot suit
very baggy pleated pants. which most Americans did not like
e bond
most common type of bond which the government set into place to raise money
amphtrac
an amphibious tractor made to rescue people in florida swamps
kamikaze
divine wind or a storm that that destroyed the mongol fleet during an invasion of japan
casablanca confrence
when Roosevelt and Churchill decided to step up the bombing of Germany
oporation overload
code name for a planned invasion
dday
the day that an invasion could begin
