Chapter 17 The United States in World War II

an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

Secretary of state created the Marshell plan

women would serve in noncombat positions

cars built during WW2

Ships built using mass production methods that carried goods and troops during WWII.

manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere

started the brotherhood of sleeping car porters he was a leader of civil rights movement

Helped develop new war technology

code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

Ensured that armed forces and war industries recieved the reasourves they needed to win the war.

the act of rationing

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

a group of German uboats that hunted Allied and US ships

groups of merchant ships protected by warships

German Air Force.

Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia, the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed

Codename for allied invasion of North Africa from Novermber 1942 to September 1943

leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be Pres. of the USA

Benito Mussolini's nickname when he came into power and it means the 'duke' or the 'leader'

The battle to take back mainland Italy in 1944. Allied victory.

Unit of African American pilots that fought in World War II; got more awards then any other unit.

American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans.

(FDR) , Name given to the planned Allied invasion of France

Planned June 5th June 6 1944 Germans occupied Normandy France Germans though it would occur at Calais and goal was to liberate Paris

United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

Famous American General who fought in North Africa and Europe.

a battle during World War II

This death camp was the first liberated by the Allies.

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb

An American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army.

a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942)

United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)

a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943)

a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II

a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders

United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)

name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb

the name of the FIRST atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II

name of the SECOND atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki

site of 2nd Atomic Bomb, killing 40,000+ Japanease citizens

1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

allies during WWII; Soviet Union - Stalin, United Kingdom - Churchill, United States - Roosevelt

Trails for Germans who committed crimes against humanity

Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality

an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

A series of riots in L.A. California during WW2, soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican youths because of the zoot suits they wore.

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

the Japanese internment camps in the US, to stop any spying, conspiracy, etc.

The Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Japanese relocation

Pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property.