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Miscellaneous
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Rationing was

1. A way of allotting scarce products, like meat and gasoline

2. The percentage of women allowed to work in defense industries

A way of allotting scare products, like meat and gasoline
100

The Battle of the Bulge
1. A battle against Japan in the Pacific

2. The final German counterattack in Europe

The final German counterattack in Europe
100

The Manhattan Project

1. Developed the atomic bomb

2. Planned the Allies strategy

Developed the Atomic Bomb
100

The GI Bill of Rights

1. Allowed women to serve in the military

2. Paid for veterans to go to college

Paid for veterans to go to college
100

Kamikaze

1. Japanese poetry

2. Japanese suicide-plane air raids

Japanese suicide-plane air raids
200

George Marshall

1. An important American General

2. Army Chief of Staff during World War II

Army Chief of Staff during World War II
200

On D-Day, the Allies

1. Defeated Germany

2. Landed in Normandy to liberate Europe

Landed in Normandy to liberate Europe
200

In the Nuremberg Trials, the Nazis

1. Destroyed Jewish businesses

2. Were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity
200

A. Philip Randolph

1. An important American General

2. An important African-American labor leader

An important African-American labor leader
200

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

1. An organization formed to fight discrimination

2. An organization formed to fight to women's equality

An organization formed to fight discrimination
300

War Production Board (WPB)

1. Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials

2. Government agency that decided which companies would participate in buying war bonds

Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials
300

V-E Day was

1. The day Japan surrendered to the Allies

2. The day Germany surrendered to the Allies

The day Germany surrendered to the Allies
300

Hiroshima was

1. The Japanese city on which the first atomic bomb was dropped

2. The emperor of Japan

The Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
300
Civil rights group formed by Japanese Americans
What is the Japanese American Citizens League (JACPL)
300

Harry S. Truman

1. President Roosevelt's Vice President

2. An important American General

President Roosevelt's Vice President
400

What was the purpose of rationing?

What is restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies to the military

400

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1. The American General who commanded the V-E Day invasion

2. The American General who commanded the D-Day Invasion and received Germany's surrender

The American General who commanded the D-Day invasion and received Germany's surrender
400

Nagasaki was

1. The first city in Japan where the atomic bomb was dropped

2. The second city in Japan where the atomic bomb was dropped

The second city in Japan where the atomic bomb was dropped
400

Confinement under guard, especially during wartime

What is internment
400
How did Hollywood contribute to the war effort?
By making Patriotic films
500
What was the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)?
What were women volunteers who served in non-combat positions
500
This American General and his Third Army liberated Paris in August of 1944
Who is General George Patton
500

Douglas MacArthur

1. The American General who liberated Germany

2. The American General who liberated the Philippines and supervised the occupation of Japan

The American General who liberated the Philippines and supervised the occupation of Japan
500
American people could buy these as a way to help with the war effort
What are war bonds
500
Why were prices being frozen during the war?
As a way of preventing high inflation