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Role of Women in War
Double V Campaign
Island Hopping
Manhattan Project
Internment Camps
100
Factory jobs and Munitions jobs
What common type of jobs did women take during WW2?
100
Pittsburg
What city was had the most influence from the Double V. Campaign?
100
Kamikazes and bombing
What method of attack did Japanese use on Pearl Harbor?
100
Two, the Little Boy and the Fat Man
What types of atomic bombs did the U.S. create?
100
Japanese
What race was put in internment camps during WW2?
200
To provide for their families since the father was usually drafted.
Why did most women join the work force during WW2?
200
Cooks, cleaners, and grave diggers
What type of jobs did colored people have in military during this time?
200
Corner the Japanese
What would island hopping do for Americans?
200
1945
What year was the first successful nuclear test in the U.S.?
200
1942
When did the internment of Japanese start?
300
Nursing
What was a popular role for women to play to help men during WW2?
300
A. Phillip Randolph
Who started the March on Washington walk?
300
General Douglas MacArthur
Who lead most of the island hopping invasion of Japan?
300
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Which two cities in Japan where destroyed by the atomic bombs?
300
The West Coast
Where were most of the Japanese citizens in the U.S.?
400
400,000
Approximately how many women in the U.S. joined the work force during WW2?
400
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who lead the March on Washington in 1961?
400
Iwo Jima
Which Japanese island was first invaded in 1945?
400
2
How many bombs were dropped during WW2?
400
110,000
How many estimated Japanese Americans were interned during WW2?
500
Because the public opinion of the U.S. would not really approve.
Why did the gov. keep women from actually fighting in the war for so long?
500
Desegregation of colored people at home and in the war against the axis.
What main idea was the Double V Campaign going for?
500
Okinawa
What was the bloodiest battle in the pacific?
500
2 Billion U.S. dollars
What was the estimated cost of the Manhatten Project?
500
Because the U.S. gov. did not trust them.
Why were Japanese citizens interned?