Quiz 1 Flashcards
Once France surrendered in June 1940, Congress would approve the _____________________.
Selective Training and Service Act
The Selective Training and Service Act which would serve as the ________________ in American history.
first peacetime draft
In 1940 the ________1________transferred over 350,000 acres to the __________2________ deemed for the construction of military bases.
- Department of Agriculture
2. War department
New recruits were given physical examinations and injections against _______1______ and ______2________.
- smallpox
2. typhoid
At the start of the war the US military was _____________.
segregated
African Americans were organized into their own, units but _______________ generally commanded them.
white officers
The _______1________ launched the ________2_________ campaign to stop the racism at home and Hitler’s racism abroad.
- Pittsburgh Courier
2. Double V
He promoted __________________ the highest-ranking African American officer to the rank of brigadier general.
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
In early 1941, the Air Force created its first African American Unit, the ____1____ the pilots would be known as the ______2_______.
- 99th pursuit squadron
2. Tuskegee Airmen
The airmen would help win the ____________.
Battle of Anzio Italy
Three other Tuskegee squadrons known as the ________________ would protect American bomber.
332nd Fighter Group
Also there was the African American _______1_________ which was used in the ___________2_______________.
- African American 761st Tank Battalion
2. Battle of the Bulge
As the war raged second generation Japanese Americans served in the ______1_______ and ______2________.
- 100th Infantry Battalion
2. 442nd Regimental Combat Team
