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chp 15 gs us vocab

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1. Dwight Eisenhower was a general; commanded the allied invasion of north africa
2. George S. Patton Jr. an innovative tank commander
3. unconditonal surrender giving up without any concessions
4. saturation bombing the goal of this was to inflict maximum damage. (british bombed germany)
5. strategic bombing the goal of this was to destroy germany's capacity to make war
6. Tuskegee Airmen an african american fighter squadron
7. Chester Nimitz commander of the u.s. navy in the pacific
8. Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war in the pacific; ending the japanese advance
9. A. Philip Randolph savvy labor leader who asserted african americans wouldn't accept second-class citizenship
10. Executive Order 8802 was passed by president roosevelt that assured fair hiring practices in any job funded with gov. money and established the fair employment practices committee to enforce these requirements
11. bracero program the u.s. partnered with mexico in bringing laborers from mexico to work on american farms
12. internment temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group.
13. Korematsu v. U.S. was a case were the supreme court upheld the gov.'s wartime internment policy.
14. 442nd Regimental Combat Team fought in the italian campaign and became the most decorated military unit in american history.
15. rationing a form of economic control; americans were given coupon books that limited the amount of certain goods they could buy
16. Office of War Information (OWI) worked closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort; they tried to spotlight common needs, minimize racial and economic divisions, and downplay problems of poverty and crime.
17. D-Day the allies invaded germany on june 6 1944.
18. Battle of the Bulge battle were the germans caught the allies by surprise. created bulges in the american line and captured key towns
19. Harry 2. Truman was president after FDR died. saw the victory of the war
20. island-hopping were the americans captured the japanese islands and made a straight path toward japan
21. kamikaze japanese pilots purposely crashed their planes into american ones.
22. Albert Einstein one of the world's most famous scientist. told president roosevelt to proceed with atomic development
23. Manhattan Project was the code-name for the building of the atomic bomb. which cost billions of dollars and employed people
24. J. Robert Oppenheimer was a physicist and leader of the manhattan project
25. Holocaust were the Nazis tried to kill all jews
26. antisemitism hitler blamed all the ills of germany on the jews
27. nuremberg laws denied german citizenship to jews, banned marriage between jews and non-jews, and segregated jews in society.
28. kristallnacht "night of broken glass" were nazi officials ordered attacks on jews in germany, austria, and sudetenland.
29. genocide annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group
30. concentration camps where members of specially designated groups were confined. (jews were often kept here by the germans)
31. death camps where prisoners were murdered
32. War Refugee Board worked with the red cross to save thousands of jews
33. Yalta Conference where the big three decided that poland, bulgaria, and romania would hold free elections
34. superpower soviet union and u.s. were the dominate figures.
35. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1948 this treaty was designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs.
36. United Nations (UN) an organization that was to succeed where the league of nations faild
37. Universal Declaration of Human Rights this condemns slavery and torture,and upholds freedom of speech and religion. passed by the un 1948
38.Geneva Convention an international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war.
39. Nuremberg Trials were allies persecuted Nazis for war crimes
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