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When did Congress first allow women in the military? (month and year)
May 1942
These bombs were filled with jellied gasoline that would start fires as well as explode when they landed. What is the name of the type of substance in the bomb?
Napalm
What is the term used to describe when you threaten to use nuclear weapons?
Massive retaliation
Who was the commander of Operation Overlord?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Germany’s last main line of defense in the west?
Rhine River
What was the name of the secret American program to build an atomic bomb called?
Manhattan Project
How did Hitler go about destroying the Soviet Union’s economy?
He ordered his army to capture strategic oil fields, factories, and farmlands in southern Russia and Ukraine
What is cost-plus?
Agreeing to pay a company the cost to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage as profit
What island did the B-29 bombers use to refuel their planes so they could attack Tokyo?
Iwo Jima
Why were Navajo “code talkers” so crucial during the war?
The Navajo language had no written alphabet and was known only to the Navajo and a few missionaries and anthropologists. They could relay a message in minutes that would have taken a code-machine operator hours to encipher and transmit
What was the significance of the Tehran Conference?
Need at least 2 listed
1. Stalin promised to launch a full-scale offensive against the Germans when the Allies invaded France in 1944. 2. Roosevelt and Stalin then agreed to divide Germany after the war so that it would never again threaten world peace. 3. Stalin promised that once Germany was defeated, the Soviet Union would help the U.S. against Japan
What four countries got a piece of Germany after WWII?
Great Britain, U.S., Soviet Union, and France
What did the World Bank do?
Loaning money to help nation rebuild and develop their economies
Why did Admiral Yamamoto want to attack Midway Island?
Believed it would lure American fleet into battle and enable his fleet to destroy it
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Aid those who worked to resist being controlled by others. In the long run, it pledged the U.S. to fight the spread of communism worldwide
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Would give European nations American aid to rebuild their economies
What Executive Order was issued June 25, 1941? What did this Executive Order do?
8802. No discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, color, creed, or national origin
Why were the Rosenbergs executed in 1953?
How did McCarthyism come about?
McCarthy's tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges
What was a weakness of Bretton Wood’s system?
A gold standard limited the use of monetary policy to fight inflation or get out of a recession