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What is the meaning of rationing
This was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods.
100
what was the War Production Board for?
The government set this up to direct the conversion of peacetime industries to industries that produced war goods
100
More than 4 million U.S. soldiers were sent to Europe. True or False
True
100
What happened on December 7, 1941
Japanese attack the US Navy at Pearl Harbor
200
Who is George Marshall
This Army Chief of Staff pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
200
What was Wartime Work Force
↳ War production benefited workers ending the massive unemployment of the 1930s
200
Name one of the three things the Government Takes Control of
The Council of National Defense created federal agencies to oversee food production, fuel distribution, and railroads.
200
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
first women allowed in the military, but only as an auxiliary corps and not regular army
300
Who was A. Philip Randolph
This labor leader strongly encouraged President Roosevelt to issue and executive order discouraging discrimination in the workplace.
300
what was (1944) June 4; World War II Allied invasion of France.
D-Day
300
Women entered the workforce to help the war effort. True or False
True
300
War Department official who served as the first director of WAAC
Oveta Culp Hobby
400
A. Philip Randolph
400
What was the Atomic Bomb
A devastating bomb dropped to end World War II at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
400
Headed by __________, the CSI distributed millions of pamphlets and sent out thousands of press releases and speakers.
George Creel
500
What was the Office of Price Administration (OPA) for?
This was created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation.
500
What is the word that defines this U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945
Enola Gay
500
Medal of Honor