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a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.
What is Korematsu vs. U.S.
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FDR signed this order to intern the Japanese in camps for the duration of the war.
What is Executive Order 9066
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December 7, 1941 - Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet harbored in Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft. American losses were 3000, Japanese losses less than 100. In response, the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany, entering World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor
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an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict.
What is United Nations
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February, 1945 - Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at this southern Russian city to make final war plans, arrange the post-war fate of Germany, and discuss the proposal for creation of the United Nations as a successor to the League of Nations.
What is Yalta
200
established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II.
What is Office of Price Administration
200
The Japanese internment camp in Colorado during WWII, near the town of Granada
What is Camp Amache
200
Supreme allied Commander in the Pacific
What is McCarther
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June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
What is D-Day
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The fight for victory abroad as well as at home. Regarding blacks being denied work at defense factories.
What is Double V Campaign
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a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American sailors and Marines stationed in the city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the suits they favored. Mexican Americans and military servicemen were the main parties in the riots
What is Zoot Suit riots
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A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
What is Manhattan Project
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Germany, Italy, Japan
What is Axis powers
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December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses.
What is Battle of the Bulge
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July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.
What is Potsdam
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vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany[1] during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort.
What is Victory Gardens
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American icon depicting the women who worked in munitions factories during the war.
What is Rosie the Riveter
400
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S.
What is Allied powers
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August 1941 - Drawn up by FDR and Churchill with eight main principles aimed at making the Allies an "arsenal of democracy"
What is Atlantic Charter
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Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922-1943. Wanted to recreate the Roman Empire.
What is Mussolini
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Limiting the amount of gas, food, ect. during the war
What is ration coupons
500
signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry.
What is Executive Order 8802
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Stated the warring nations wishing to trade with the U.S. would have to pay cash and carry the goods away in their own ships. Benefitted the Allies, since German ships could not reach the U.S. due to the Allied blockades
What is cash and carry
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This policy allowed Italy to take Ethiopia and Hitler to take the Rhineland, Sudetenland, and Austria without consequence.
What is appeasement
500
1938 - Hitler wanted to annex the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia whose inhabitents were mostly German-speaking. On Sept. 29, Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain signed this Pact, which gave Germany the Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Chamberlain justified the pact with the belief that appeasing Germany would prevent war
What is Munich Pact