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World War 2: Part 2 Flashcards

1
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Individual rights

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Powers or privileges a person is entitles to that cannot be taken away by the gov’t

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National security

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Providing safety for a country by defending it against invasion espionage/sabotage, or control against foreign powers

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3
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Individual rights are ______ not ______

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relative
absolute

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Criteria used to determine the limits on individual rights

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  • National security is at risk
  • A clear danger exists
  • Public safety is at risk
  • Libel(Printing false statements) or Slander(Speaking false statements)
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5
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Executive Order #9066

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-Signed Feb. 1942
- Empowered the U.S army to divide the west coast into military zones from all persons of Japanese ancestry were excluded 40 miles inland.

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Internment

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Forced relocation of a group of people, confine, inbound, or seize and hold.

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Korematsu vs. U.S

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  • 1942
  • Man from California took his individual rights to court and lost.
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10 states for internment camps

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Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Arkansas, Colorado

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Internment camps

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Put Japanese people or Japanese ancestry in camps were they could not leave, barbed wire, bad housing, bad nutrition, bad health care, etc.

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10
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988

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Internment camps rectified

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Japan took Manchuria

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Wanted to expand territory

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Attack on China in 1937

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Shortage of natural resources like oil

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Fighting conditions in the Pacific

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The U.S had never had dense, humid, temp above 100, etc.

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General Douglas MacArthur

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  • America’s most senior general
  • 60 years old
  • Command of vital U.S bases in the Philippines
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15
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“I Shall Return”

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MacArthur had to leave his men

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December 1941

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Attack on Philippines

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March 1942

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Surrendered and lost the Philippines

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Bataan Death March

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  • 76,000 prisoners
  • Marched 60 miles
  • 5 days
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Doolittle’s Raid

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  • James Doolittle
  • Air Raid
  • Mainland
  • 16 bombers (5-men crews)
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Battle of Midway

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  • June 4-6, 1942
  • Important supply point
  • Midway between Hawaii and Japan
  • Turning point in the Pacific
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Island Hopping

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  • Leapfrog
  • Island to island
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Navajo Code Talkers

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  • Marine code talkers
  • 400 Native Americans
  • Used own language to crack code
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October 1944

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-2.5 years
- MacArthur went back for his men

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

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  • 1st action
  • Philippines
  • Supply lines in East Indies would be cut
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Kamikaze

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  • Divine wind
  • Japan’s new weapon
  • suicide missions
  • crashed into enemy ships
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Mount Suribachi

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Extinct volcano on the tip of Iwo Jima

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Iwo Jima

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-3 airstrips
-beaches were quiet
-36 days in combat

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How many days were spent in Okinawa?

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82 days

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Operation code name of Okinawa?

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Iceberg

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30
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What was underground on Okinawa?

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Caves and tunnels the Japanese hid in

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31
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What did the American troops use during Okinawa?

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Flame throwers

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32
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What was dishonorable to the Japanese?

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-Getting captured
-They committed suicide by jumping off the cliff

33
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Ushijima & Sho

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-Generals
-Committed suicide on June 22

34
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April 12, 1945

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FDR died

35
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April 30, 1945

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Hitler committed suicide

36
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May 8, 1945

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V-E day

37
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July, 1945

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Potsdam conference in Germany

38
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Harry Truman

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New president of the U.S

39
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Clement Atlee

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New Prime Minister

40
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Joseph Stalin

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Soviet Unions leader

41
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During the conference

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Harry Truman got word of developing the A-bomb

42
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Lesley Groves

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Led the U.S Corps of engineers for the Manhattan Project

43
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Robert Oppenheimer

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Physicist of the Atomic bomb

44
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Oppenheimer’s quote

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“I am death, the shatterer of worlds.”

45
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Enola Gay

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B-29 bomber, named after pilots mother

46
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Little Boy’s target

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Hiroshima

47
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What chain of islands were targeted

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-Mariana Islands chain
-Tinian Island

48
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Paul Tibbets

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-Best bomber pilot
-pilot of “Little Boy”

49
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What was Little Boy

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Uranium bomb

50
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What was Fat Man

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Plutonium bomb

51
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Bock’s car

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B-29 bomber

52
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Charles Sweeney

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Pilot of Fat Man

53
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2nd Target

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Nagasaki, main island of Kyushu

54
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Impact of dropping the A-bomb

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  1. Brought the beginning of the nuclear age
  2. Introduced a new weapon that would change the nature of war forever
  3. Altered the balance of power as the U.S gained the status of “superpower”
55
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September 2, 1945

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V-J Day

56
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V-J Day

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Victory in Japan Day

57
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Japan surrendered

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Japan Surrendered on the U.S.S Missouri in Tokyo Bay

58
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1948

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Japanese war crimes were held in Tokyo
Hideki Tojo was executed

59
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Dwight Eisenhower

60
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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John F. Kennedy

61
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Lyndon B. Johnson

62
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Richard Nixon

63
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Gerald Ford

64
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Jimmy Carter

65
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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Ronald Reagan

66
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  1. U.S presidents that served in WW2
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George HW Bush

67
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First atomic bomb dropped where

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New Mexico desert

68
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July 16, 1945

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War is over

69
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“Little Boy” was on what warship?

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Indianapolis

70
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Morning of July 27

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Potsdam text reached Tokyo

71
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One condition the Japanese made

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Emperor Hirohito would never be removed, imprisoned, or charged with war crimes.

72
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July 27

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“Fat Man” arrived in Tinian

73
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Henry L. Stimson

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Secretary of war

74
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Afternoon of August 5

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“Litttle boy” was being loaded into the bomb bay of the Enola Gay

75
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August 6, 1945

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“Little boy” was dropped at 8:15:30 am

76
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What was baked in the ground after the bomb exploded?

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Potatoes

77
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August 9

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“Fat Man” exploded on that morning

78
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August 15, noon

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Emperor Hirohito broadcasted a message to his civilians

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