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What year did WWII start?
Dec. 11,1941
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What did Jeannette Rankin fight for?
suffrage (women's rights)
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How did rations impact people of Montana?
limited amounts of resources.
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Why did Missoula and Bozeman boom after the war?
many attended college with GI Bill loans
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Who was the first woman in Congress?
Jeannette Rankin
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Who was the U.S. allied with
France and USSR
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What main Indian group were code talkers in Montana?
the Crow
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What were scrap drives?
drives for gaining resources to donate to army
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Why did they use Montana for relocation and training camps.
hidden and hard to reach
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What were Japanese citizens sent to during the war?
Relocation Camps
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Who was the president during WWII?
FDR
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Why did the population decrease in Montana during WWII?
relocation
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What was the main reason for the GI Bill?
to help war veterans get school and house loans
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Who helped control fires in the forest?
smokejumpers
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Who were denied GI Bill loans?
non-whites and woman
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When was Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941
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What did the conscientious objectors mainly do in the battlefield?
medical practices
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How did mining help the military?
provided coal and other resources for war
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Why did the amount of jobs increase in Montana during WWII?
to provide resources for the war
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Why were many families left without husbands and fathers?
mining disasters
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Where was the only place the Japanese took over in the U.S.
Alaska
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Why did the people have to use rations?
so the military and service men and woman could receive a majority of resources.
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The main lasting economic effect WWII had on Montana?
the end of the great depression.
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Why was there so many deaths during WWII outside of the battlefield?
mine disasters
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Why was Jeannette Rankin considered a "traitor" in many states?
Only congress person to vote against war