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Chapter 25 Review
Chapter 25, sec 1
Mobilization on the Home Front
A. Philip Randolph
This African-American labor leader’s threat to lead a
march on Washington led to FDR banning discrimination
in war industries
George C. Marshall
This man was Army chief of staff during World War
II
The restriction of the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure
enough supplies for the military
What is rationing?
Decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials
What did the War Productions Board do?
Japanese Americans born in the United States; many were forced to relocate to internment camps after
the attack on Pearl harbor
Who were the Nisei
Worked on creating new & improved technologies such as sonar, radar
What did the Office of Scientific Research &
Development do?
Chapter 25, sec 2
The War for Europe & North Africa
Germany would be defeated first and they would only accept unconditional surrender
What did Churchill & FDR agree to at the beginning
of the war?
They used sonar to locate & sink German submarines (u-boats) and America rapidly build new
cargo ships
How did the Allies win the Battle of the Atlantic?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This American General led the Allied invasion of
North Africa & Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
This German counteroffensive in
December of 1944 was Germany’s last attempt to
stop the Allies
The Battle of Stalingrad
What battle marked the turning point in the Soviet
Union?
Italy
This country was the first European country the English & American’s
invaded
D-Day
June 6, 1944
Code named Overlord, this was the Invasion of
Normandy
Victory in Europe
May 8, 1945
What does V-E Day stand for?
Chapter 25, Sec 3
The War in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
He was the American commander in the
Philippines and led the occupation forces in Japan
Island Hopping
What battle strategy did MacArthur employ in fighting the Japanese?
Battle of Midway
What battle marked the turning point in the war in
the Pacific?
Chester A. Nimitz
Who was the American commander at the Battle
of Midway
The Kamikaze
What weapon did the Japanese turn to in order to stop American naval
ships?
The secret program to develop the atomic bomb
What was the Manhattan Project?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
This scientist, leader of the Manhattan Project, said
“Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
August 6 & 9th, 1945
What were the two cities destroyed by the atomic
bombs?
1. The Allies will establish the United Nations to prevent another world war
2. The Soviet Union will attack Japan 3 months after Germany falls
3. The Soviet Union will allow the eastern European countries under it’s control to hold free elections
What was decided at the Yalta Conference?
The Nuremberg Trials
What was the name of the prosecution of Nazi war
criminals following World War II?
