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Debates over the justification of using this powerful weapon continue today even after WW2 when it was first used.
What is the atomic bomb?
This was a military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who are the Axis Powers?
He served as a supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe, achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army, and planned the invasion of Normandy.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
This day came to be celebrated in the United States after Japan formally surrendered to the allies and ended WW2.
What is V-J Day?
In June 1943, U.S. servicemen and police officers harassed, beat, and detained Mexican American youth in East LA because of changing population and racist tensions.
What were The Zoot Suit Riots?
This alliance was known as the Big Three which included Great Britain, The United States, and the Soviet Union even though they did not share common political aims.
Who are the allied powers?
This symbol or icon represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This agency was created by the American government to oversee the conversion of industrial factories to strictly war production.
What is the War Production Board?
This was established by FDR through his Executive Order 9066, this policy stated that people of Japanese descent would be incarcerated in isolated camps.
What are internment camps?
This was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service and President Franklin D. Roosevelt would call this "a date which will live in infamy"
What is Pearl Harbor?
After being ordered to a Japanese internment camp, he refused to leave his city in California and defended his personal rights as a US citizen as stated in the US constitution.
Who is Fred Korematsu?
This invasion on June 6, 1944 was considered a turning point in Germany's surrender.
What is D-Day?
The US considered this a sacrifice for the common good. This involved ration cards and stamps to better manage resources for their war effort abroad.
What is Rationing?
U.S. Marines of Navajo descent who created a code based on their language to communicate secretly during World War Two.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
Who is A. Philip Randolph?
This is considered the last major battle of WW2 and consisted of island hopping to reach mainland Japan to provide Allied forces an airbase.
What is the Battle of Okinawa?
This was created at the end of WW2 to maintain international peace and provide a forum for resolving conflicts between nations.
Who are the United Nations?
The US military developed secret plans to produce necessary elements in order to develop a functional atomic weapon.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This historian served as assistant to the chair of the FEPC and fought to improve working conditions for Mexican-Americans in Texas.
Who is Carlos Castaneda?
This marked the end of WW2 in Europe after Germany surrendered.
What is V-E day?