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Truman's decision to drop the bomb
To save American lives and counter Axis powers' progress.
Most decorated U.S. soldier
Member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Post-WWII economic organizations
International Monetary Fund and World Bank established.
First meeting of the Big Three
Tehran Conference held in Iran.
Issues faced by young Mexican Americans
Language barriers and discrimination during WWII.
Germany's status after D-Day
Faced a hopeless two-front war.
Strongest countries post-WWII
United States and Soviet Union emerged powerful.
U.S. agency for European Jews
War Refugee Board collaborated with Red Cross.
Japanese Constitution changes
Abolished armed forces, granted women's voting rights.
concentration camps in europe
Concentration camp with medical experiments
Dachau conducted inhumane medical experiments.
Women in defense industry
Encouraged to work, making military supplies.
U.S. Japanese internment camps
Executive Order 9066 led to temporary imprisonment.
color coding prisoners
jew-yellow, jehovah witness - purple, political prisoner - red, homosexual - pink, immigrant - blue, criminal - green, antisocial - black
Native Americans during WWII
Left reservations for defense industry jobs.
Nuremberg Laws of 1935
Denied citizenship and segregated Jews in Germany.
Office of War Information (OWI)
Promoted war support and minimized divisions.
Jewish refugees on the St. Louis
Only 22 allowed to stay in Cuba.
Permanent home of the UN
New York City established as headquarters.
Holocaust's impact on Jewish homeland
Increased support for an independent Jewish state.
Potsdam Conference agreements
Divided Germany into four occupation zones.
Double V campaign
Victory against fascism and discrimination advocated.
Codenames for D-Day beaches
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword were used.
Kamikaze casualties
Over 3,000 Kamikaze pilots died in conflict.
President Roosevelt's death
April 12, 1945, Truman became president.
Yalta Conference purpose
Discussed postwar strategy and free elections.
Internment camp demographics
Japanese Americans, including Issei and Nisei.
War crime trials
Held for Germany and Japan after WWII.
who did truman appoint to represent us in un
eleanor roosevelt
germany divided after war
Four zones of occupation: soviet, american, british, and french
GATT significance
Aimed to lower international trade barriers.
Rosie the Riveter symbol
Represented women in the workforce during WWII.
Allied planes in D-Day
More than 11,000 planes participated.
UN's main idea
Prevent future global conflicts and wars.
what second front did the big three discuss at tehran
france
Southern migration during WWII
Population moved north and west for jobs.
World War II casualties
60 million people, mostly civilians, died.
Nazi education about Jews
Children taught Jews polluted society.
Head of U.S. ground forces at D-Day
General Omar Bradley led the operations.
Battle of the Bulge impact
Crippled German military and resources.
Bracero program
Brought Mexican laborers to U.S. farms.
Victory gardens
20 million gardens planted for self-sufficiency.
American views on world affairs
Few called for isolationism post-WWII.
Executive Order 8802
Established fair hiring practices in government jobs.
Final Solution decision
Outlined plan to exterminate 11 million Jews.
Non-Jewish Holocaust victims
5 million non-Jews, including 2 million Poles.
Hitler's view on Slavs
Considered Slavic peoples inferior and targeted.
