Ch. 35 Vocab Review

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FDR's decision to intern Japanese "enemy aliens" in camps.

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Executive Order 9066

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Code name for the American commission established in 1942 to develop the atomic bomb.

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Manhattan Project

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Massive military operation by American forces in Normandy, starting June 6, 1944.

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D-day

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Program with Mexico to recruit temporary agricultural workers to the US during wartime labor shortages.

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Bracero program

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Nonviolent civil rights org founded in 1942, committed to "Double V"—victory over fascism abroad & racism at home.

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Established in 1942 by executive order to direct war production and allocate raw materials.

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War Production Board

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Wartime agency regulating consumer economy via rationing and price ceilings.

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Office of Price Administration

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Native American men in the military transmitted radio messages in their languages, undecipherable by spies.

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Code Talkers

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Truman, Stalin, and Churchill's ultimatum to Japan: surrender or be destroyed.

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Potsdam Conference

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Pivotal naval battle, June 3-6, 1942, halted Japanese advances in the Pacific.

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Battle of Midway