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| 703697524 | Korematsu v. U.S. | the case in which the Supreme court upheld the internment camps of Japanese-Americans, eventually the encamped civilians were payed reparations | |
| 703697525 | War Production Board | this organizations took control of industry, it focused on producing essential items such as rubber and crops. | |
| 703697526 | Office of Price Administration | regulated prices of certain items | |
| 703697527 | War Labor Board | set ceilings on wages (lower wages means lower prices) | |
| 703697528 | Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act | this act gave the federal government the authority to seize and run industries crippled by strikes. The government took over the coal mines and railroads, briefly. | |
| 703697529 | bracero program | due to lacking numbers of able bodied men, this program brought workers from Mexico to harvest crops | |
| 703697530 | A. Philip Randolph | prepared the Negro march to Washington demanding more jobs for blacks in defense and military jobs. FDR responded by banning discrimination in defense industries | |
| 703697531 | Fair Employment Practices Commission | created to ensure that blacks were not being discriminated in defense industries. | |
| 703697532 | Double V | slogan for blacks in the military, advocating victory overseas and victory against racism | |
| 703697533 | Gen. Douglas MacArthur | took the phillipines in ww1, however, without the means to defend themselves, he had to revoke the land to the Japanese, however, he vowed and did return and took over the phillipines | |
| 703697534 | Battle of Coral sea | Naval battle between the u.s. and japanese, fought over aircraft carriers. | |
| 703697535 | Battle of Midway | By intercepting a message being sent by the japanese, Admiral Chester Nimitz was able to coordinate an attack on the Japanese island. Lead by Adm. raymond spurance, this attack surprised the japanese. | |
| 703697536 | island hopping | plan was to not attack the stronghold, take the weaker islands and build airbases on them. The stronger islands would be taken by bombing and strangling of resources.Though it made steady progress, it was slow, hard-fought, and bloody. | |
| 703697537 | enigma code | secret code used by the nazi germans in ww2 | |
| 703697538 | Battle of the Atlantic | the war between the allies and Germany for control over the sea, the allies eventually gained control | |
| 703697539 | Battle of El Alamein | the battle in north africa where british general bernard montgomery halted the crafty general edwin rommel | |
| 703697540 | Stalingrad | russian city in which german advancement was halted and eventually they were pushed out of russia | |
| 703697541 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower | led the "soft underbelly" attack (attacking Germany from Italy, turned out to be not very "soft") from north africa. This pushed germans out of north africa | |
| 703697542 | Casablanca conference | a meeting between roosevelt and churchill to flesh out plans. the agreed to seek "unconditional surrender" from the Germans. | |
| 703697543 | Tehran Conference | a meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin working towards formulating goals and coordinating attacks. Coordinated the D-Day invasion. | |
| 703697544 | D-Day Invasion | Seen as one of the most influential invasions in WW2, caused the retention of paris which was a large morale boost to the allies | |
| 703697545 | Battle of the Bulge | war between the retreating nazis and the allies, eventually leading to berlin | |
| 703697546 | V-E day | victory in europe day | |
| 703697547 | leyte gulf | being the last major battle fought by the japanese, this allowed general macarthur to reclaim the phillipines | |
| 703697548 | iwo jima | after some of the toughest fighting yet, this island was seized and was used as an effective airstrip. The famous flag-raising photo was snapped atop Mt. Suribachi. | |
| 703697549 | Okinawa | after iwo jima, the americans turned their sights on this island, there were numerous American casualties due to kamikaze efforts by the japanese | |
| 703697550 | potsdam conference | set up by rookie president harry truman, this conference set an ultimatum for japan. surrender or be destroyed | |
| 703697551 | Manhattan Project | provided the secret development of the world first atmoic bomb. This project was created in a reaction to the fear that Germany was doing the same. |
