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G.I.

• Government Issue

OPA

• Office of Price Administration

WAAC

• Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps

WPB

• War Production Board

OSRD

• Office of Scientific Research and Development.

Symbolized women in the work place

• Rosie the Riveter

Civil Rights Leader who threatened FDR with a March on Washington

• A. Philip Randolph

The United States Military Expanded to 15 million

through passing what Act

• Selective Service Act

The Army Chief of Staff who pushed for the formation of

WAAC

• George Marshall

This office was responsible for fighting

inflation•OPA

•Office of Price Administration

This “Slap Happy” General helped to Liberate Paris.

• George Patton

Known as the “Desert Fox” he was defeated in North Africa

• Erwin Rommel

This Scientist was responsible for warning FDR about the dangers of Atomic

energy

• Einstein

Supreme Allied commander of Europe

• Dwight Eisenhower

He was ultimately responsible for the decision to drop the

Atomic Bomb

• Harry Truman

The Allied first Amphibious invasion occurred where?

• North Africa

Convoys, U Boats, Sonar, Radar Helped Allied forces

win this battle

• Battle of the Atlantic

The Code Name for the Allied Invasion of Europe/ France

• Operation Overlord

This Pearl Harbor style raid hit Tokyo, caught the

Japanese by complete

• Doolittle’s Raid

The Code Name for the Allied Invasion of North Africa

• Operation Torch

Leap-frogging or bypassing Japanese strong Holds

• Islanding Hopping

Japanese Suicide bombers were know as

• Kamikaze

This was THE MAJOR turning Point of the War in the Pacific

• Midway

While leaving the Philippines islands this general vowed “

I shall Return”

• Douglas Macarthur

This island was the last defensive strong hold for Japan

• Okinawa

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Holocaust

Earl Cold War

Cold War at Home

50’s Cold War

This former Vietnam POW and current Senator from Arizona

, hopes to win the Republican Presidential

Nomination

John Mccain

“WiFi” refers to

• Wireless Communication

This country has been accused of sending toxic toys

to the US

• China

The most dominate basketball player in the

Social Studies department

• MR. MAC!!!!!

“Going Green” refers to

environmentally friendly products

Laws which stripped Jews of their rights

• Nuremberg Laws

Jewish refugee ship, turned away on the coast of Florida

• St. Louis

Most Concentration Camps were located in

• Poland

Jews were confined into dilapidated building in the worst

part of town called.

• Ghettos

Nazi leaders were tried for various War crime/ crimes

against Humanities at

• Nuremberg Trials

Turkey and Greece received 400 Million in Military &

Economic Aid from• Truman Doctrine

This provided 12 Billion in Economic Aid to Western

Europe

• Marshall Plan

U.S.& British efforts to fly food supplies to West Berlin

• Berlin Airlift

South Korea’s Non-Communist Leader

• Syngman Rhee

This couple was convicted of espionage for giving atomic

secrets to the Soviets

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

This Rutgers Alum had his passport revoked for refusing

to sign a Affidavit

• Paul Robeson

Overthrowing the government from within

•

Subversion

This Aid for FDR was convicted of perjury

• Alger Hiss

McCarthy Downfall began when he challenged this

group

• The Army

Name of the spy plane pilot who was captured by Soviet

Union

• Francis Gary Powers

He took Control of the Soviet Union following the Death of

Stalin• Nikita Khrushchev

High Flying U.S. spy plane

• U-2

He was ultimately responsible for the decision

to drop the Atomic Bomb

• President Truman

The United states promise to help any country in the middle

east threatened by communism

• Eisenhower Doctrine

After West Germany Joined NATO The Soviet Union

formed

• Warsaw Pact

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