Vocab. for February 23rd Flashcards
Selective training and service act
First peacetime draft (Meant men ages 21-35 were required to register in the military)
WAC (Women’s Army Corps)
The first time women were officially serve in the military. They were NOT involved in fighting
WAVES (Navy)
Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Services. In the Navy
War Production Board
Guided automakers to shift from making cars to producing trucks and tanks to help the war effort.
War Bond
A bond sold by the government to support the war.
Bond-Citizens loan money to the government or to a company.
Revenue act of 1942
The first time Americans were required to pay income tax. Created to help the war effort
Tuskegee Airmen
The first African American Military pilots fighting in WW2
Rosie the Riveter
An advertisement campaign character. Encouraged women to work outside of the home during war.
Code talkers
Navajo Native Americans created special codes that Japan could not read to help in the war.
Ration
People could only buy limited amount of resources per person or household during WW2
Internment Camps
Japanese Americans were relocated to camps out of fear after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
D-Day
*Beginning of the end in WW2
Battle of Normandy: On the beaches of France, Germany had been defeated.
Kami Kazes
Japan attempting to destroy America by suicide pilot planes.
Manhattan Project
Albert Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might be making a powerful bomb. U.S. created a top secret operation to develop a powerful weapon.
Potsdam declaration
U.S warned Japan that they would be destroyed if they didn’t surrender.