American Promise: Chapter 25 Flashcards

369505425	The struggle against the Japanese in the Pacific, particularly the fighting at Guadalcanal and Tarawa, convinced American military leaders that:	an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be extremely difficult and cost many lives.	0
369505426	The War Production Board	set production priorities and pushed for maximum output.	1
369505427	During the war, the top U.S. military leaders strove to keep African Americans relegated to performing menial tasks	in racially segregated units.	2
369505428	In 1942, President Roosevelt issued an executive order that all Americans of Japanese descent be rounded up and	interrogated for information about recent acts of sabotage.	3
369505429	Women who joined the military during World War II:	served in many different capacities but were barred from combat duty.	4
369505430	Roosevelt's cooling of support for the League of Nations was followed by	Japan's witdrawal from the League and Germany's recall of its representative to the League.	5
369505431	A few months after Germany's invasion of Poland, Congress finally consented to President Roosevelt's wishes and revised America's neutrality legislation to allow a cash-and-carry policy for the purchase of	arms and nonmilitary supplies.	6
369505432	The war overseas had a strong impact on the domestic U.S. economy	dramatically expanding employment and wages.	7
369505433	African Americans' migration to defense jobs brought them both economic progress and	racial antagonism.	8
369505434	In late 1944, as Allied and Soviet forces closed in on Germany, Adolf Hitler ordered a counterattack to capture a crucial supply port, resulting in the	Battle of the Bulge.	9