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• US Navy Admiral defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway

• Douglas MacArthur

• led US forces in the Pacific, gradually took control using the strategy of island hopping

• Harry Truman

• Filipino and US prisoners forced to march 60 miles through jungles without food and water

• Chester Nimitz

• Americans grow their own veggies and fruits in order to conserve the food supply

• Bataan Death March

• US President who made the decision to use new atomic weapon on Japan to prevent loss of more US live

• Victory Gardens

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• Japanese cities that were targeted for the dropping of the A-bomb

• Navajo Code Talkers

• were used to send messages in the military because their language could not be deciphered

• Vernon Baker

• demonstrated that leaders and individuals are responsible for their actions, even in times of war

• Island Hopping

• successful US war strategy in the Pacific

• Hiroshima/Nagasaki

• black soldier awarded the Medal of Honor 40yrs after his heroic service in WWII

• Nuremberg trail

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• Supreme Court case ruled that the internment of Japanese Americans was constitutional

• Pearl Harbor

• Supreme allied commander responsible for the D-day invasion

• Neutrality Acts

• US naval base in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941

• Korematsu v US

• produced pro-allied, anti-axis, propaganda posters, movies, and radio programs

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• laws passed by Congress to keep the country out of war

• Office of war information

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• major turning point in the War in Europe, Germany's last offensive attack

• Battle of the Bulge

• attempted genocide of the Jews during WWI which lead to the death of 6 million Jews

• George Marshall

• led the first American army to advance through France

• Adolph Hitler

• leader of the Nazi party, took power in Germany wanted German domination

• Omar Bradley

• Roosevelt's Army Chief of Staff, helped supply 8 million man army

• Holocaust

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• German fighting strategy known as Lightening War

• Executive Order 9066

• require Japanese Americans to be relocated to internment camps

• George Patton

• invasion of Normandy, France in 1944

• Tuskegee Airmen

• all black fighter group in the Air Corps who provided escorts for pilots bombing missions

• D-Day

• commanded the Army invasion of Africa and Italy, led 3rd army unit through Europe

• Blitz Krieg

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• the policy of giving in to satisfy the demand of a potential enemy

• Appeasement

• regulated the amount of goods that consumers could obtain.

• Flying Tigers

• sell, lease or lend war materials to a country deemed vital to the defense of the US

• Rationing

• considered a major turning point in the war in the Pacific putting the Japanese on the defensive

• Land Lease Act

• American volunteer fighter pilots helped keep supply lines open in China

• Battle of Midway

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• sign of leadership by President to speak directly to the American People

• Prime the Pump

• "lame duck" states Pres. will take office in Jan instead of March

• Francis Townsend

• goal of the New Deal: Relief, Recovery, and Reform

• Fireside Chats

• Dr. who wanted government to give all citizens 65yrs and older pension of $200 a month

• 3 R's

• pouring money into the econ to stimulate consumer buying therefore helping put people back to work

• Schecter Poultry v US

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• famous first lady, political activist, served as eyes and ears for her husband

• New Deal

• FDR's plan for lifting the nation out of depression

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• provided safety net for workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• elected Pres in 1932, increased gov's role in running the economy

• Social Security

• gave jobs to young men, such as planting trees and cleaning up forests

• Civilian Conservation Corp

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• pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could be improved by breeding

• Return to Normalcy

• pro-business Pres. known for saying "the chief business of America is business"

• Eugenics

• Hoover's belief that America's greatness was made possible by the ideas of equal opportunity etc.

• Flapper

• style many women adopted of shorter dresses shorter hair rejecting conservative tradition

• Rugged Individualism

• campaign slogan placing emphasis on peacetime production and prosperity at home

• Calvin Coolidge

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• Purchase of any item in the hope of selling it later at a higher price

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• government officials convicted of accepting bribes for leasing federal land to oil companies

• 19th Amendment

• Fought for women's rights, prison reform, and an 8 hr workday

• Speculation

• famous defense attorney, defending John T. Scopes in the "Monkey Trial"

• Clarence Darrow

• Granted women the right to vote

• Frances Willard