Early Difficulties
Who was given command of all U.S. Army units in the Pacific?
Douglas MacArthur
Who was Rosie the Riveter
Symbol for women's patriotic freedom and work
On D-Day, the Allies landed at
Normandy
The important allied victory that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia was the
The Battle of Coral Sea
The promise “I shall return” is linked to which of these places?
The Philippines
Led the march on Washington D.C., to protest wartime discrimination against African Americans
A Phillip Randolph
Systematic slaughter of European Jews
Holocaust
Who was the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet?
Chester Nimitz
Who was the commander of the German Afrika Korps known as the Desert Fox?
Erwin Rommel
Thanks to the help of sonar, the Allies were able to win the Battle of
The Atlantic
Plan for postwar peace and to divide and occupy Germany
Yalta Conference
What was perhaps the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War?
Okinawa
Explain the advantages the Axis powers had over the Allies when the United States entered the war.
firm control of land, more prepared for war
Describe women’s contributions to the U.S. war effort.
Took over mens jobs, contributed to war effort
What was the Germans’ final counterattack?
Battle of the Bulge
Top secret plan to create the atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
Which two battles broke the momentum of Axis advantages?
El Alamein and Stalingrad
What did the Fair Employment Practices Committee do? (FEPC)
made sure qualified workers were hired regardless of race or color
Who was Omar Bradley?
Led the allied invasion of D-Day?
List the people involved with the Manhattan Project
Leslie Groves, Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein