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Fair Employment Practices Commission
Was meant to discourage racism and oppression in the workplace
FDR
________ used war as an excuse to pump money into the South, in order to revitalize it.
Marshall Islands
The ________ fell to the United States in January and February of 1944.
General MacArthur
________ returned to the Philippines on October 20, 1944.
Italy
Allies took Rome on June 4, 1944 and the Axis troops in ________, surrendered on May 2, 1945.
Midway
Was a turning point in the Pacific War, with U.S. success helping in halting the Japanese
National unity
________ was strengthened after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Hiroshima
Killed 180, 000 people in ________ and 80, 000 people in Nagasaki.
Okinawa
________ was won and was captured at the cost of 50, 000 American lives.
Mexican workers
________ were brought to the United States as resident workers due to the draft.
Japanese onrush
________ was checked in Coral Sea by American and Australian forces in the worlds first naval battle.
First atomic bomb
Was tested on July 16, 1945
FDR
________ died on April 12, 1945 and Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945.
FDR
________ and Winston Churchill met and agreed on terms of "unconditional surrender "at the Casablanca Conference.
National unity
Was strengthened after the attack on Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
Stopped the manufacture of nonessential items
Farmers
Produced more food, making prices soar with this being regulated by the Office of Price Administration
America
The only country to emerge from World War II unscathed with it better off than before going to war
Marshall Islands
Fell to the United States in January and February of 1944
Soviets
Begged the Allies to open the second front against Hitler with Americans being eager to comply and British being reluctant
Paris
Was freed in August of 1944
Allies
Issued ultimatum at Potsdam Conference: surrender or be destroyed
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