Chapter 26 IDs Flashcards
1
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Battle of the Bulge
Who
A
Hitler
2
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Battle of the Bulge
What
A
German offensive campaign
3
Q
Battle of the Bulge
When
A
1944-1945
4
Q
Battle of the Bulge
Where
A
Ardennes region
5
Q
Battle of the Bulge
Why
A
Costliest battle for the US, but ended serious German resistance in the West
6
Q
Braceros
Who
A
Mexican contract laborers
7
Q
Braceros
What
A
Admitted to the US for a limited time to work at specific jobs
8
Q
Braceros
When
A
1942 began to be admitted
9
Q
Braceros
Where
A
US
10
Q
Braceros
Why
A
Some US employers began to actively recruit Hispanics
11
Q
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Who
A
African Americans
12
Q
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
What
A
Organization that mobilized mass popular resistance to discrimination in a way that the older, more conservative organizations had never done
13
Q
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
When
A
1942
14
Q
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Why
A
Helped produce the Civil Rights Movement
15
Q
D Day
Who
A
Eisenhower
16
Q
D Day
What
A
Allies invaded Western Europe
17
Q
D Day
When
A
1944
18
Q
D Day
Where
A
Normandy coast
19
Q
D Day
Why
A
Beginning of the end of war in Europe
20
Q
Eisenhower
Who
A
Commander of the Allied forces in Europe
21
Q
Eisenhower
What
A
Send the vast armada into action on D Day
22
Q
Eisenhower
When
A
1944
23
Q
Eisenhower
Where
A
Europe (Normandy)
24
Q
Eisenhower
Why
A
Contributed to winning WW2
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Enola Gay
| Who
Truman
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Enola Gay
| What
Boeing B29 bomber
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Enola Gay
| When
1945
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Enola Gay
| Where
Hiroshima
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Enola Gay
| Why
First aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, which completely incinerated Hiroshima, but the Japanese government still did not surrender immediately
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Enrico Fermi
| Who
Scientist
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Enrico Fermi
| What
Discovered the radioactivity of uranium
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Enrico Fermi
| When
1930s
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Enrico Fermi
| Where
Italy
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Enrico Fermi
| Why
Achieved the first controlled fission chain reaction
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Guadalcanal
| Who
Allied forces
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Guadalcanal
| What
Ferocious island battle where the US took the offensive
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Guadalcanal
| When
1942
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Guadalcanal
| Where
Island of Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal
| Why
Japanese were forced to abandon the island, and with it their last change of launching an affective offense to the South
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Truman
| Who
VP and later President of the US
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Truman
| What
Ordered the air force to use the atomic bombs against Japan
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Truman
| When
1945
43
Truman
| Where
Japan
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Truman
| Why
Ended WW2, but also caused mass destruction
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Hiroshima
| Who
Truman
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Hiroshima
| What
Japanese industrial city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
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Hiroshima
| When
1945
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Hiroshima
| Where
Japan
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Hiroshima
| Why
Completely incinerated, but the Japanese government still did not surrender immediately, so the US dropped another bomb
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Holocaust
| Who
Hitler
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Holocaust
| What
Massive genocide of millions of Jews
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Holocaust
| When
WW2
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Holocaust
| Where
Germany
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Holocaust
| Why
One of the darker parts of world history
55
Korematsu vs US
| Who
Supreme Court
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Korematsu vs US
| What
Landmark Supreme Court case concerning the internment of Japanese
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Korematsu vs US
| When
1944
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Korematsu vs US
| Where
US
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Korematsu vs US
| Why
Ruled that the relocation of Japanese was constitutionally permissible
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Luftwaffe
| Who
German air force
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Luftwaffe
| What
Weakened by US bombing
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Luftwaffe
| When
WW2
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Luftwaffe
| Where
Germany
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Luftwaffe
| Why
Became a less formable obstacle
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Manhattan Project
| Who
US government
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Manhattan Project
| What
Research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during WW2
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Manhattan Project
| When
1945
68
Manhattan Project
| Where
Japan
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Manhattan Project
| Why
Ended WW2, but caused mass destruction
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Midway
| Who
Chester Nimitz
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Midway
| What
Naval battle in WW2
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Midway
| When
1942
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Midway
| Where
Midway Island
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Midway
| Why
Important terning point in the war where the US regained control of the Pacific
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
| Who
First led by Leon Henderson and then by Chester Bowles
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
| What
Administration that had the authority to freeze farm prices, wages, salaries, and rents as given to it by the Anti Inflation Act
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
| When
1942
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
| Where
US
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
| Why
Because of its success, inflation was a much less serious problem during WW2
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Okinawa
| Who
Japanese and US armies
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Okinawa
| What
Battle in which US attacked and Japanese responded with kamikaze planes and desperate nighttime attacks
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Okinawa
| When
1945
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Okinawa
| Where
Okinawa islands
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Okinawa
| Why
Further evidence of the strength of the Japanese resistance, and persuaded the US to use atomic bombs to end the war
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Relocation Centers
| Who
FDR authorized
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Relocation Centers
| What
Facilities where Japanese people were sent
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Relocation Centers
| When
1942
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Relocation Centers
| Where
Western mountains and deserts
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Relocation Centers
| Why
Infringement on civil liberties
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Rosie the Riveter
| Who
Cultural icon
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Rosie the Riveter
| What
Represented women who worked in factories during WW2
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Rosie the Riveter
| When
First used in 1942
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Rosie the Riveter
| Where
US
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Rosie the Riveter
| Why
Symbolized the new importance of the female industrial workforce
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Washington Conference
| Who
Secretary of State Charles Evan Hughes
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Washington Conference
| What
Attempt to prevent what was threatening to become a costly arms race between US, GB, and Japan
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Washington Conference
| When
1921
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Washington Conference
| Where
DC
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Washington Conference
| Why
1. Established limits of racial tonnage and a ration of arms among signatories
2. Sanctioned Japanese domination of East Asia
3. Began the New Era effort to protect peace
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Zoot Suits
| Who
Members of Mexican street gangs
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Zoot Suits
| What
While soldiers invaded Mexican American communities and attacked the soot suiters, and a fight broke out known as the soot suit rio
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Zoot Suits
| When
1943
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Zoot Suits
| Where
LA
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Zoot Suits
| Why
LA eventually passed a law prohibiting the wearing of zoot suits
