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2493135938Paul TibbetsAmerican bomber-pilot responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan0
2493137141Chiang Kai-shekLeader of the Chinese Nationalists to fight against Japan1
2493137142Gerald NyeIn charge of the Nye committee which investigated why the U.S. had gone to war in 1917. Pushed neutrality agreements.2
2493138686Philippe Petainled a collaborationist government at Vichy in southern France3
2493138687Hideki TojoJapanese leader who siezed control of the government and convinced leaders to swift destruction of American forces4
2493140463Douglas MacArthurAmerican commander who retreated to Australia5
2493143054James Doolittleboosted American morale nad demonstrated that even Japanese imperial capital lay within reach of American might.6
2493143055Erwin RommelGerman general who drove to capture the Suez Canal7
2493144530George Pattonleader of American tank units who defeated the Germans in North Africa8
2493144531Thomas E. DeweyGovernor of NY and tough crime fighter who was the Republican presidential nominee in 19449
2493146317Benito Mussolini (ID)Leader of the fascist party in Italy who hungered for an empire in Africa.10
2493147247Winston Churchill (ID)British Prime Minister who vowed that Britain would never accept humiliating surrender to Hitler.11
2493148428Chester W. Nimitz (ID)American Admiral under whose leadership, the balance of naval power in the Pacific was reversed and the Japanese were put at a disadvantage.12
2493150135A. Philip Randolph (ID)Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters who promised that 100,000 African American marchers would descend on Washington if the president did not eliminate discrimination in defense industries.13
2493152345Neutrality Act of 1937 (ID)An act which attempted to reconcile the nation's desire for both peace and foreign trade with a "cash-and-carry" policy that required warring nations to follow certain restrictions. Helped the economy, but supplied enemies.14
2493164848Committee on Fair Employment Practices (ID)Investigated and prevented racial discrimination in employment which resulted in Randolph calling off the planned march on Washington.15
2493166969Congress of Racial Equality (ID)16
2493169559Overload (ID)17
2493171300Reciprocal Trade Agreements ActGave the president the power to reduce tariffs on goods imported into the US from nations that agreed to lower their own tariffs on US exports18
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2493171407Spanish Civil War20
2493173174AnschlussGermany bullied Austria into accepting incorporation into the Nazi Third Reich21
2493173175Munich Agreementagreement made between Hitler and Neville Chamberlain in which Hitler agreed to make no more territorial claims in Europe22
2493174369Maginot LineA concrete fortification built after World War 1 and stretching from the Swiss border to the forested Ardennes region on the edge of Belgium23
2493174370Battle of Britain24
2493175486Atlantic Charterpledged freedom of the seas and free trade as well as the right of national self-determination(roosevelt and churchill)25
2493176612Korematsu decisionupheld Executive Order 9066's blatant violation of constitutional rights as justified by "military necessity"26
2493177884War Production Boardset production priorities and pushed for maximum output27
2493177885Bataan Death MarchJapanese victors marched the weak and malnurished survivors of Wainwright's surrender 65 miles to a concentration camp28
2493180312Double V Campaign29
2493180336GI Bill of Rightsprovided housing, etc. for veterans30
2493182352Yalta Conferencemeeting of roosevelt, churchill, and stalin at the black sea resort of yalta31
2493183307Battle of Leyte Gulfgreatest naval encounter in world history32
2493185322Manhattan Projectnuclear energy into a superbomb33

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