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Watcha doin'?
Thing I
Thing II
Lights, Camera, Action
100
An early leader of African American civil rights, this person was the president and founder of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car.
Who is A.Philip Randolph?
100
May 8, 1945
What was V-E Day
100
Bill that helped ease the transition of returning servicemen to civilian life. A.K.A. the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
What was the GI bill of rights?
100
The name given to the second atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki.
What is fat man?
100
This was a fixed allotment of goods deemed essential for the military.
What is rationing?
200
This vice president became the nation’s 33rd president.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
200
June 6, 1944
What is D-Day?
200
All black American pilots.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
The acronym C.O.R.E. stands for this.
What is congress of racial equality?
200
Groups of ships traveled together in a convoy for this.
What is mutual protection?
300
This general commanded Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis controlled North Africa. Later, he will become the 34th president.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
August 9, 1945
What is the Nagasaki bombing, or dropping off the Fat Man?
300
What fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.
What was the O.P.A? Office of Price Administration
300
Hitler ordered this to attack on the east coast of the United States, after the attack occurred at Pearl Harbor.
What are submarines?
300
In this battle, the USSR lost 1,100,000 soldiers
What is the battle of Stalingrad?
400
This American general was in command of allied forces on the Pacific Islands after D-day.
Who is Douglas Macarthur?
400
August 14, 1945
What is the date Japanese agree to unconditional surrender?
400
The secret operation that developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan project.
400
Style of dress adopted by Mexican-American youths as a symbols of their rebellion against tradition. Riots in Los Angeles were named after it.
What is a zoot suit?
400
This event is credited with ending World War II.
What is the dropping of the Atomic bomb, Fat Man, or Nagasaki bombing?
500
This civil rights leader founded C.O.R.E.
Who is James Farmer?
500
23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943
What is the Battle of Stalingrand?
500
Films that stirred up hatred against Nazis and energized people to join the war effort.
What were “hiss-and-boo" films?
500
A car without chrome plated parts.
What was victory trim, or a blackout special?
500
This court case affirmed "The government policy of evacuating Japanese Americans to camps was justified on the basis of military necessity.”
What is Korematsu v United States?
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