Chapter 35 Flashcards
Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened a massive “Negro March on Washington in 1941 to demand equality among blacks in war. His threat followed the establishment of (FEPC)
A. Philip Randolph
Roosevelt’s secretary of war-“If you are going to war in a capitalist country, you have to let business make money out of the process, or business won’t work.
Henry Stimson
The American General that was in the Philippines. He held off the Japanese until April 9, 1942 when he was ordered to flee to Australia. He held New Guinea until the Navy got there in August 1944.
Douglas MacArthur
An admiral that fought the Battle of Midway, June 3-6 1942. He halted Japan’s thrust in the Pacific and kept Pearl Harbor protected.
Chester W. Nimitz
The American general that launched a second front from North American in November 1942. Captured an Italian-Germany army in May 1943.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Chinese generalissimo that was fighting Japan’s occupation
Jiang Jieshi (Chaing Kai-shek)
The Republican nominee in 1944 that many thought was too young and liberal.
Thomas E. Dewey
The man nominated to be Roosevelt’s Vice President. He was secretary of agriculture.
Harry S. Truman
A German- Jew that convinced FDR to investigate the atomic bomb. America shot them at Hiroshima and Hirohito to defeat the Japanese.
Albert Einstein
It stopped the production of non-essential goods and set priorities for transportation and materials. Helped US for full war effort
War Production Board (WPB)
Stopped run away inflation in 1942 caused by limited consumer goods and plenty of jobs.
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
Some of the 216,000 women enrolled in the armed forces for non-combat services.
WAACS
A nickname for the women that went to work in industry;bombers and tanks.
“Rosie the Riveter”
In an agreement in 1942, Mexicans were allowed to cross the boarder to help harvest fruits and wheats in California.
braceros
An organization set up in 1941 to prevent discrimination in defense industries.
Fair Employment Practices Commission
A conference between Churchill and FDR in January 1943. They agreed to speed up the war, attack and conquer Sicily and have “unconditional surrender”
Casablanca Conference
A war that is fought from two sides, dividing the middle force to defend itself.
Second Front
A meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in Teheran, Persia. A cooroperative attack on Germany
Teheran Conference
The invasion of French Normandy on June 6, 1944 with 4,600 vessels.
D-Day
Commander Brigadier, General AC McAuliffe was surrounded and Hitler demanded surrender
The Battle of the Bulge
A conference in July 1945 of British officials, Stalin and Truman that told Japan, “Surrender or be destroyed
Potsdam Conference
The Project that created the atomic bomb that used the knowledge and technology
Manhattan Project
