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What bill allowed women to volunteer to serve in non combat positions

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WAAC

women’s auxiliary army corps

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WAVES

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Women accepted for volunteer emergency service

Navy

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WAFS

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Women’s auxiliary ferrying squadron

Air Force

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WASP

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Women air force service piolets

Air Force

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SPAR

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Demoed Paramus and it’s English translation always ready

Coast guard

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What did Einstein do

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Let America know Germany may already have the bomb

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What was the goal of the manhattan project

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Produce a self sustaining atomic chain reaction where particles released from the splitting of one atom would cause another atom to break apart

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What did they need for tee most powerful bomb ever

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A special kind of uranium

Plutonium

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9
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What did Leo Szilard do

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Discovered nuclear chain reaction (fission)

Patented idea for nuclear reactor

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What did enrico Fermi do

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Italian

Managed the chain reaction necessary for desired nuclear effect

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What did John Oppenheimer do

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Was in charge present at first site in Mexico

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Why did Truman decide to use the bomb

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End the war in Japan to save further American casualties

Show soviets we have it

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13
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Ebola gay

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The b-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb

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Little boy

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Uranium
Hiroshima
More people

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Fat man

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Nagasaki

Plutonium

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What developed the colored personnel for the aviation service

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Civil aeronautics authority

17
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Home field was

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Selfridge field

18
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Internment camps were in

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Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Wyoming and Utah

19
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Issei

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Japanese American immigrants

Grandparents

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Nisei

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Children of Japanese immigrants
Born in America
Parents

21
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Sansei

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Second and third generation

22
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Did Canada do the same for internment

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Yes greatest mass movement in Canada

23
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What were freed retainers given

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23 dollars and a train ticket home

24
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Korematsu vs us

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JA takes case to Supreme Court
Court upholds internment for national security
Case later criticized as mistake

25
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1970s redress movement

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Wanted a government apology and monetary compensation

26
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What acknowledged internment from racial prejudice

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Civil liberties act

27
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Which president provided redress for surviving detainees

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Ronald regan

28
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What was agreed at halts conference

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Divide Germany into four zones
Elections held in countries of Eastern Europe
Poland both communist and not
Set up United Nations

29
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When did leaders meet again

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Potsdam

30
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Potsdam conference

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Truman replaces FDR
Churchill voted out
Reparations from Germany
Bring nazi war criminals to trial

31
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Disagreements at Potsdam

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Allies didn’t agree on how to divide Germany
Amount of reparations ok Germany
Soviet policy in Eastern Europe

32
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Cold War Stalin does what

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Makes sure communist governments came to power in all countries of Eastern Europe
Salami tactics

33
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What did Russia take

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Albania
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Czech 
East Germany
34
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Manazar

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Japanese internment camp

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