WWII

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How did the cost-plus system speed up war production?

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providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot

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The Selective Service Act during WWII was significant to America because...

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It created a lottery based military draft

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America finally entered WWII following the Japanese surprise attack at...
Options: Pearl Harbor, The Philippines, Coral Sea, Okinawa

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Pearl Harbor

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Over a third of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by: steel industry, ship-building industry, automobile industry, aircraft industry

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automobile industry

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"V-E day" was a result of

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victory over Germany

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The top secret U.S. Program to develop the world's first atomic bomb during WWII was known as The selective service act, Operation Overlord, Project Torch, The Manhattan Project

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The Manhattan Project

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American home front in the second World War is best described as: politically divided over the wisdom of the American war effort, economically invigorated by military spending, rededicated to the reform efforts of the New Deal, demoralized by food shortages.

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economically invigorated by military spending

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How were women impacted by the U.S. involvement in WWII?

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Women worked in war industries and served in the military gaining more independence

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In the case Korematsu v. The United States, the Supreme Court rules that relocation of Japanese Americans was

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constitutional because it was based on military urgency

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The "Double V" campaign meant

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victory over Hitler's racism and victory over racism at home