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The United States in World War II - Chapter 25 Flashcards

To understand the military campaigns, political decisions, and efforts on the home front that won World War II.

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Army chief of staff during World War II

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George Marshall

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Women volunteers who served in non-combat positions

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Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)

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Important African-American labor leader

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A. Philip Randolph

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Secret research project that resulted in the Atomic Bomb

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Manhattan Project

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Agency of the federal government that fought inflation

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Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials

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War Production Board (WPB)

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Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

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Rationing

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American general who defeated German troops in North Africa

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Dwight D. (“Ike”) Eisenhower

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Allied invasion to liberate Europe in Normandy, June 6, 1944

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D-Day

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American general who opened a huge hole in the German lines during the invasion of Normandy (D-Day)

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Omar Bradley

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American general who liberated Paris in August 1944

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George Patton

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German counteroffensive in December 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

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Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945

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V-E Day

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33rd President of the United States

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Harry S. Truman

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American commander in the Philippines

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Douglas MacArthur

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Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific

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Chester Nimitz

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American victory that was the turning point in the Pacific War

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Battle of Midway

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Japanese suicide flight

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Kamikaze

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Scientist who led the Manhattan Project

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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City that was the site of the first atomic-bomb drop in Japan

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Hiroshima

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Japanese city that was the site of the second atomic-bomb drop

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Nagasaki

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Tribunal that tried Nazi leader for war crimes

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Nuremberg Trials

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Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life

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GI Bill of Rights

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Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality

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James Farmer

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Interracial organization formed to fight discrimination

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

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Confinement under guard, especially during wartime

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Internment

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Civil rights group formed by Japanese Americans

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Japanese American Citizens League

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