The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve "_____________________________"
"Double V" or "Double Victory"
100
The _________________was the first regular army corps for women.
Women's Army Corps.
100
The Battle of ____________________was a major turning point in the war that put the Germans on the defensive.
Stalingrad
100
The bombing campaign between January 1943 and May 1945 did not destroy Germany's economy or morale, but it did destroy many aircraft factories, wrecked the railroad system, and caused a major shortage of _______________.
Oil
100
______________________were dirt walls several feet thick covered in shrubbery and surrounded many fields in Normandy, France
Hedgerows
200
The __________________________was the first civil rights agency established by the U.S. Gov't since the Reconstruction era.
Fair Employment Practices Commission
200
Cargo ships traveled using the ___________________, or groups of ships escorted by Navy warships.
Convoy system
200
The Battle of ____________________was the turning point in the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.
Midway
200
During The _____________________________, 78,000 P.O.W.'s were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp.
Bataan Death March
200
_____________________were the basic cargo ships used during WWII.
Liberty ships
300
____________________were gardens planted by individuals in order to produce more food for the war effort.
Victory Gardens
300
On April 18, 1942 American bombs fell on Japan for the first time when the carriers old short range bombers were replaced with long range _______________ bombers.
B-25
300
The U.S. and G.B. wanted to open a second front and assist the U.S.S.R. in ______________________________.
Western Germany
300
On November 8, 1942 the American invasion of North Africa was begun under the command of General _________________________________.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
_____________became a nickname for American troops because their clothing was labeled as being "Government Issue."
G.I.'s
400
The _____________program helped farmers in the Southwest overcome the labor shortage.
Bracero
400
The Battle of the Atlantic slowly turned in favor of the Allies because of new technology, including depth charges, sonar, and _______________.
Radar
400
The atomic bomb named Little Boy was dropped over _________________, a Japanese industrial center.
Hiroshima
400
In June 1942, decoded messages from Japan alerted the U.S. to an attack on the ____________________Islands.
Midway
400
___________________is a fancy word, meaning edges or perimeter.
Periphery
500
The ________________________________was an organization that tried to help Japanese Americans who had lost property during relocation.
Japanese American Citizens League
500
________________was the code name given to the U.S. project to build an atomic bomb.
Manhattan
500
The Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Pursuit Squadron played an important role for the Allies at the Battle of/Invasion of _____________________, Italy.
Anzio
500
In 1942, Secretary of War, Henry Stimson declared the West Coast a "military zone" and ordered all of those with Japanese ancestry to evacuate to _____________________.
Relocation camps/centers
500
What was the code name given to the Allies planned invasion of France (D-Day)?