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Law passed by Congress, required all men from ages 17- 26 to register for the military draft. They would get selected randomly and sent to fight

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Selective Service Act

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Government bonds sold to make money to pay for World War I. The government borrows money from its citizens by encouraging them to buy this. After the war the people exchange the bond for a return on their investment.

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Liberty Bonds (war bonds)

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Who filled the vacant jobs in factories during WWI?

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Both women and African Americans

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These types of gardens were encouraged during WW2. People planted them in their backyards.

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Victory Gardens

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When was Pearl Harbor bombed?

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December 7, 1941

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____________ said ______ was a “Date which will live in infamy."

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FDR and Pearl Harbor

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Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?

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Franklin Roosevelt

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What did Executive Order 9066 do?

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Removed Japanese Americans from their homes and schools and relocated them to Interment Camps.

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symbol of the campaign to hire women

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"Rosie the Riveter"

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first African American unit in the air force

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Tuskegee Airmen