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06/04/2008

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Axis Powers

 

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When germany, italy and japan signed a mutual defense treaty the tripartite pact. The three nations became known as...
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Lend Lease Act
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Congress passed in March 1941. Under this plan the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whos defense was vital to the us"
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Womens Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
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Under this bill women volunteers would serve in noncombat positions in the military.
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A. Phillip Randolph
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An africian american who called for all africian americans to c ome to the capital on july 1, 1941 to march under the banner "We loyal colored Americans Demand the right to work and fight for our country"
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Manhattan Project
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The code name given by the OSRD in 1942 to develop a bomb as quickly as possible.
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
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Created by Roosevelt, it fought inflation by reezing wages, prices and rents also Rationed foods such as meat butter cheese vegetables sugar and coffee
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War Production Board (WPB)
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This organization decided which companies would convert from peacetime to war time production and allocated raw materials to key industries.
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Rationing
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Households recieved ration books with coupons to be usded for buying such scarce goods as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee and gasoline.
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D-Day
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Also known as Operation overlord happend on June 6 1944  it was the first day of the allied invasion
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Battle of the bulge
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The turning point of the allied war when Germans got pushed back and lost thousands of troops so they retreated.
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VE Day  
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May 8. 1945 Name given to the day when Victory in Europe. The war in europe was over
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Harry S Truman     
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33rd president who became president after roosevent had a stroke and died on April 12, 1945
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Douglas Macarthur
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Commander of allied forces on the islands
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Kamikaze
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Japanese defense when suicide planes attack by crashing their planes with bombs into allied ships
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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2 citys that were bombed by atomic bombs.
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Gi Bill Of Rights
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This bill provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government.This also provided federal loan guarantees to veterans buying homes or farms or starting new businesses
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Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE)
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Created by civil rights leader James Farmer. It is an interracial organization to confront urban segregation in the north
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Internment / Confinement
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The act which 1,444 japense americans were carried away due to fear and prejudice against them.
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Satellite Nations
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countries dominated by the soviet union where stalin installed communist governments.
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Containment
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The act of preventing any extension of communist rule to other countries
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Cold War
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a confilct between the united states and the soviet union.
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