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War Finance Committee
purchased war bonds
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National War Labor Board
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* fourth government agency that prevented labor strikes
* fourth government agency that prevented labor strikes
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william “bull” halsey
one of the men who devised the island-hopping concept
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Douglas MacArthur
supreme allied commander of the southwest pacific
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albert einstein
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* he warned FDR that the germans had knowledge of the atomic bomb
* he warned FDR that the germans had knowledge of the atomic bomb
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james doolittle
planned a daring bombing raid on japan early in the war
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hideki tojo
oversaw planning the attack on pearl harbor
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leslie groves
in charge of the military aspect of the manhattan project
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chuichi nagumo
leader of the japanese task force that bombed pearl harbor
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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* man in charge of the scientists who created the first atomic bomb
* man in charge of the scientists who created the first atomic bomb
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FDR
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* agreed to the manhattan project
* agreed to the manhattan project
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Paul Tibbets
his B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima
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Harry Truman
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* gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on the japanese cities
* gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on the japanese cities
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442 Regimental Combat Team
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* 13,000 patriotic japanese-americans volunteered for combat duty in 1943-44
* 13,000 patriotic japanese-americans volunteered for combat duty in 1943-44
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Office of Price Administration
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* responsible for rationing program of products to american families
* responsible for rationing program of products to american families
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Office of War Information
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* responsible for using propaganda techniques to bolster american morale
* responsible for using propaganda techniques to bolster american morale
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Selective Service
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* men between 21-35 register for the draft. After pearl harbor the ages went to 18-44
* men between 21-35 register for the draft. After pearl harbor the ages went to 18-44
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Trinity
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* the explosion of the first atomic device, code name trinity
* the explosion of the first atomic device, code name trinity
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War Production Board
converted home factories into wartime factories
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War Relocation Authority
* moved people out of war zones to remote locations
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Nuremberg Trials
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* trials that were held against both aggressor nations
* trials that were held against both aggressor nations
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Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
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* churchill stated on the most iconic speech idioms
* churchill stated on the most iconic speech idioms
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Battle sequence of the Pacific War
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* 1.battle of the coral sea
* 2. Battle of midway
* 3. Guadalcanal
* 4. Iwo jima
* 1.battle of the coral sea
* 2. Battle of midway
* 3. Guadalcanal
* 4. Iwo jima
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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* establishment of the country Israel
* establishment of the country Israel
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Potsdam Conference
germany was to be divided into 4 zones, the 4 countries were to decide how to unify germany's government
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Japan’s reason for joining the war
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* lack of natural resources.
* lack of natural resources.
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Island-hopping and its main purpose
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* capture key islands and bypass other japanese bases, if successful they would cut off the supply lines of the bypassed bases and them “wither on the vine”
* capture key islands and bypass other japanese bases, if successful they would cut off the supply lines of the bypassed bases and them “wither on the vine”