ww2

Question 1

burke wadsworth act

Answer 1

first military draft during peacetime

Question 2

america first committee

Answer 2

charles lindbergh
- domestic > foreign

Question 3

national defense research committee

Answer 3

office for science research and development

Question 4

enigma machine / bombe / colossus ii

Answer 4

communication translators devices / enigma was german’s code devide

Question 5

v for victory

Answer 5

rationing, volunteering, and war bonds

Question 7

office of price admin

Answer 7

tried to manage inflation but black marketing and overcharging grew beyond capacity

Question 8

revenue act 1942

Answer 8

while govt sold 100 mil in bonds, they made the rest thru increasing income tax

Question 9

war production board

Answer 9

looking to mobilize wartime army but did not have widespread effect

later became war mobilization board, which was a little more helpful

Question 10

smith conollay act / war labor disputes act

Answer 10

unions must wait 30 days before striking

Question 11

mcarthur vs nimitz

Answer 11

nimitz: island hoping campaign
mcarthur: liberation of philippines

Question 12

a phillip randolf

Answer 12

brotherhood of sleeping car porters
- sought for workplace integrations
- threatened march on washington

fdr responded with fair employment practices committee (investigated discrimination of afram)

Question 13

more racial equality groups

Answer 13

as need for labor caused afram to move out of the south, they found economic opportunities but faced difficulty in civil/social rights

• congress of racial equality (resistance thru sit ins and demonstrations)
• freedom riots

Question 14

bellinger report

Answer 14

realized or predicted japanese attack

Question 15

braceros

Answer 15

contract labor workers

Question 16

pachucos

Answer 16

street gangs

Question 17

john l dewitt

Answer 17

anti japanese
against korematsu

Question 18

office of war information

Answer 18

center of propaganda