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first peace time draft in US history

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Selective Training and Service Act

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2
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new recruits were given examinations and injections against

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smallpox and typhoid

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pittsburg courier launched campaign to stop racism

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Double V

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4
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highest ranking black person brigadier general

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Colonel Benjamin Davis sr

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5
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black air force unit

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tuskegee airmen

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air battle that tuskegee airmen fought over

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battle of anzio

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black protect the US bombers

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332nd fighter group

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black tank squad used in battle of the bulge

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761st tank battalion

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jap squad in the 100th infantry battalion

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442nd regimental combat team

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10
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navajo marines sending critical info

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code talkers

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11
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congress allowed women into the military

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womens army auxiliary corps

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12
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300 women made made 1200 flights to deliver planes

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women air force service drivers pilots

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13
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govt contract to pay manufacturer the cost to produce an item

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cost plus contract

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14
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congress made loans to companies wanting to convert to war production

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reconstruction finance corporation

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15
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made the b 24 liberator

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henry ford

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16
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kaiser built cargo ships called

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liberty ships

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17
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fdr made this to direct priorities and production goals for military factioris

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war protection bored

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18
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symbol of the campaign for the work of women

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rosie the riveter

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19
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head of brotherhood of sleeping car porters- a major union for blacks rail road workers

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phillip randolph

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20
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no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries

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executive order 8802

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21
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first federal civil rights agency since reconstruction

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fair employment practices comission

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22
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cities in the deep south region

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sunbelt

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23
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coordinate government housing program

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national housing agency

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24
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big baggy pants and loose fitting jacket

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zoot suits

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25
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no vests tight fitting clothes and shorter jacket

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victory suits

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riots against mexicans

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zoot suit riots

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27
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worried about inflation FDR made what two systems?

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OPACS and OES

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28
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tried to prevent strikes

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war labor bored

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29
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began rationing or limiting supplies for military

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OPACS

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30
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growing food in you own gardens

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victory gardens

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31
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role to improve the publics understanding of the war

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OWI office of war infomation

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32
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commander of US navy in pacific

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Nimitz

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commander of US forces in the phillippines

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MacAuther

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in command of the mission to bomb tokyo

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Doolittle

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ship that held B-25 to bomb tokyo

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hotnet

36
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yamamoto tried to attack midway island but Nimitz sent what two ships to cut them off

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Yorktown and Lexington

37
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who was a code talker

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johnston

38
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transmitted the planes for the attack of midway

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Yamamoto

39
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turning point of the war in the pacific

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Battle of Midway

40
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amphibious tractor like a boat with tracks

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alligator

41
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part of Gilbert Islands navys first objective

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Tarawa

42
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Three islands that Nimitz wanted to invade of the Mariana Islands

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Saipan Tinian Guam

43
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where Macarthur would start his campaign in the south pacific

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Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands

44
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largest battle in naval history

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

45
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divine wind

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kamikaze

46
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commanded the Afrika Korps known as the Desert Fox

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Erwin Rommel

47
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major supply route for Brittian located in Egypt

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Suez Canal

48
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merchant ships traveled with naval vessels

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convoy system

49
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where stallin roosevelt and Churchhill met

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Tehran Iran

50
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D day’s code name

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Operation Overlord

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General in command of Operation Overlord

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Esinhower

52
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General in charge of the Atlantic Wall

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Rommel

53
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bloodiest battle of the war

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Italian Campain

54
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Where allies landed behind German lines

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Anzio

55
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major rail road junction

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stalingrad

56
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battle when germans were an the defensive

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Battle of Stalingrad

57
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meeting place when FDR and Churchill set up to discuss bombing plans for germany

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Casablanca Conferance

58
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date of D day

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june 6 1944

59
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US forces landed at ___

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Utah and Omaha beach

60
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British landed at ___

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Gold and Sword beach

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Canada landed at ___

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Juno beach

62
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French landed at ___ also

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Sword

63
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General over US forces landing at Omaha and Utah

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Gen Bradley

64
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dirt walls to hold in cattle

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hedge rows

65
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staged a rebellion in Paris

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French Resistance

66
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Hitlers last stand to cut off the allies supplies

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Battle of the Bulge

67
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victory in Europe

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V-E day

68
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place where FDR dies

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warm springs Georgia

69
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half way between the Marianas and Japan

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Iwo Jima

70
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incharge of the B29s with napalm

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LeMay

71
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where US would stock pile weapons on an island

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Okinawa

72
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program to build the atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

73
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led team to test atomic bomb at the Proving Grounds of New Mexico

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Oppenhiemer

74
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scientist that had idea that splitting uranium would make energy

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Szilard

75
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plane that dropped bomb over hiroshima

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Enola Gay code name little boy

76
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who drove the Enola Gay

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Tibbetts

77
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name of bomb dropped on nagasaki

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Fat Man

78
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japan surrendered

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VJ day aug 15 45

79
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dropped bomb over Nagasika

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Boxcar

80
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Britain France and Soviet Union created

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International Military Tribunal

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