Chapter 5 WWII 1 Flashcards

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A. Philip Randolph

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African American labor leader who organized a march on Washington to protest discrimination

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Nisei

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the 1st generation Japanese American be born in the U.S

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3
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Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act

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limited the right to strike and crucial industries

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4
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Rationing

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1-way civilians could participate in the war effort

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5
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Office of Price Administration

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They froze wages and prices (set prices in wages)

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6
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The opening of a second front

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Stalin pressured the Allies to attack the German so the German would pull troops away from Russia

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7
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Aachen

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1st German city fall to the Allies

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8
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D-Day

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6th of June 1944

American opened another front attacking the German in France

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9
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Battle of Stalingrad

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Major German’s defeat. Ended German attacked Russia

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10
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Battle of the Bulge

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Germany last attacked in the West led to Germany’s defeat

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11
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Battle of Midway

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Turn the tide against the Japanese Navy in the Pacific. We’re never able to go on the offensive

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