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the first peacetime draft in American history

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Selective Training and Service Act

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transferred over 350,000 acres to the War Department deemed for the construction of military bases

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Department of Agriculture

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___ _______ were given physical examinations and injections against smallpox and typhoid

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new recruits

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launched the “double V’ campaign to stop the racism at home, and Hitler’s racism abroad

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the Pittsburgh Courier

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the highest ranking African American officer (at the rank of brigadier general)

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Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

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the first African American Air Force Unit, the 99th pursuit squadron, the pilots were known as

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the Tuskegee Airmen

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the airmen helped win the ___ _ ___ in Italy

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Battle of ANzio

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three other Tuskegee

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332nd Fighter Group

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second generation Japanese Americans

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100th Infantry Battalion

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how many Hispanic Americans received the Congressional medal of honor

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17

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Navajo marines

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“code talkers”

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congress allowed the first women in the military with the creation of the

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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)

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this was replaced with the

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Women’s Army Corps (WAC)

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300 women serving in the air force in more than 12,000 flights to deliver planes to war effort

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Women Air force Service Pilots (WASPs)

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government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item, plus a guaranteed percentage

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cost-plus

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made loans to companies wanting to convert to war production

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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FDR created the ___ ___ ___ that business leaders served on

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National Defense Advisory Committee

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the growth of California cities in the deep south led to a new industrial region known as the***

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Sun Belt

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FDR created the ___ ___ ___ to coordinate government housing programs

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National Housing Agency (NHA)

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created to regulate wages and certain prices

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Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supplies (OPACS) and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)

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tried to prevent strikes

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War Labor Board (WLB)

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limiting the purchases of many products to make sure enough were available for military use

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rationing

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the ___’s role was to improve the public’s understanding of the war and to act as a liaison office with various media ***

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Office of War Information (OWI)

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commander of the US Navy in the Pacific***

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Nimitz

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leader of the bombing of Tokyo***
Doolittle
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the march of 78,000 men of 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp***
The Bataan Death March
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the growth of California cities in the deep south led to a new industrial region known as the***
Sun Belt
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FDR created the ___ ___ ___ to coordinate government housing programs
National Housing Agency (NHA)
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created to regulate wages and certain prices
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supplies (OPACS) and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)
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tried to prevent strikes
War Labor Board (WLB)
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limiting the purchases of many products to make sure enough were available for military use
rationing
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the ___'s role was to improve the public's understanding of the war and to act as a liaison office with various media ***
Office of War Information (OWI)
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commander of the US Navy in the Pacific***
Nimitz
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leader of the bombing of Tokyo***
Doolittle
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the march of 78,000 men of 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp***
The Bataan Death March
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desert fox and commander of the "Afrika Korps"***
Erwin Rommel
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"divine wind" in Japanese is ___***
kamikaze
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the largest naval battle in history***
the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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the turning point in the war in the Pacific
the Battle of Midway
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a major supply route for Britain in Egypt
the Suez Canal
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Americans were outmaneuvered and outfought
Battle of Kassarine Pass
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the general in charge of the battle of Kassarine Pass was fired and ___ ____ took his place
General Patton
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this city controlled the Volga river and was a major railroad junction
Stalingrad
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this battle put the Germans on the defensive
the Battle of Stalingrad
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FDR and Churchill agreed to step up the bombing of Germany in the
Casablanca Conference
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the Allies agreed to attack the Axis on the island of
Sicily
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___ ____ commanded the invasion of Sicily
General Eisenhower
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Generals ___& ___ led the ground forces in the invasion of Sicily
Montgomery and Patton
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the king of Italy, ___ ____ and a group of Italian Generals decided it was time to "dispose" of Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
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______ ____ seized northern Italy (including Rome) and returned Mussolini to power
German troops
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the terrain near ___ was steep, rocky and barren
Cassino
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the Allies landed at ___, behind German lines
Anzio
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the ___ ____ was one of the bloodiest in the war, with more than 300,000 casualties
Italian campaign
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill met in ____, Iran
Tehran
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At Cairo, Egypt, Roosevelt selected general Eisenhower to be in command of ____ ____ also known as D-Day
Operation overlord
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Hitler put Rommel in charge of fortifying the French coast along the English channel all the way up along the coast at Norway, which is known as the
Atlantic Wall
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the real target was farther south, a 60 mile stretch of five beaches along the
Normandy Coast
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this was one of the largest decisions in WWII
the selection of the site for the largest amphibious landing in history
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the first opportunity for the invasion was when
June 5-7, 1944
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The United States attacked
Omaha and Utah
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Great Britain attacked
Gold
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Canada attacked
Juno
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Two countries (France & Britain) attacked at
Sword

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