The United States in World War II - Chapter 25 Flashcards
To understand the military campaigns, political decisions, and efforts on the home front that won World War II. (27 cards)
Army chief of staff during World War II
George Marshall
Women volunteers who served in non-combat positions
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
Important African-American labor leader
A. Philip Randolph
Secret research project that resulted in the Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project
Agency of the federal government that fought inflation
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials
War Production Board (WPB)
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
Rationing
American general who defeated German troops in North Africa
Dwight D. (“Ike”) Eisenhower
Allied invasion to liberate Europe in Normandy, June 6, 1944
D-Day
American general who opened a huge hole in the German lines during the invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Omar Bradley
American general who liberated Paris in August 1944
George Patton
German counteroffensive in December 1944
Battle of the Bulge
Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945
V-E Day
33rd President of the United States
Harry S. Truman
American commander in the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific
Chester Nimitz
American victory that was the turning point in the Pacific War
Battle of Midway
Japanese suicide flight
Kamikaze
Scientist who led the Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
City that was the site of the first atomic-bomb drop in Japan
Hiroshima
Japanese city that was the site of the second atomic-bomb drop
Nagasaki
Tribunal that tried Nazi leader for war crimes
Nuremberg Trials
Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life
GI Bill of Rights
Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer
