War on the Home Front and War in the Pacific

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Kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots

General Douglas MacArthur

Commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan

Battle of Midway

The battle between US and Japan at Midway Island. US victory here gave the Allies control of the "central" Pacific; it proved to be the turning point in the war in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet destroyed.

Emperor Hirohito

Japanese emperor during World War II

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II.

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

American victories at _______________ and _____________ brought American forces close to the Japanese mainland and demonstrated how fiercely the Japanese would fight if the war were to continue.

Island Hopping

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

Harry Truman

Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb

Executive Order 8802

discouraged discrimination in the workplace during World War II

Executive Order 9066

120,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes and businesses

Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima

historic flag raising

Internment Camps

Detention centers where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were relocated during World War II by order of the President.

Rationing

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military

A Philip Randolph

America's leading black labor leader called for a march on Washington D.C. to protest factories' refusals to hire African Americans, which eventually led to President Roosevelt issuing an order to end all discrimination in the defense industries.

Nisei

A Japanese American whose parents were born in Japan

Joe Rosenthal

a photographer who took the iconic picture of the flag raising on Iwo Jima

Manhattan Project

the code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II