cold war project topic- causes of the cold war
next weeks blog assignment- president truman
1. Selective Training and Service Act
1940- first peace time draft in US history
used until 1973 to fill military needs
after 1973 US military depended on volunteers
2. Women's role in WWII
Rosie the Riviter- represented women workers in WWII
women supported everything during the war and they made most of the supplies
many women became nurses during the war
jobs-farm workers, typist, bus drivers, time keepers, messangers, teachers, conductors. women had to do the jobs men would do.
women did not do any of the actual fighting
Army- WAC- women in the army
Navy- WAVES- women in the navy
WASP- womens army service pilots
3. African-American's role in WWII
many worked in factories or were sent to war
they were still segregated
4. Asian's role in WWII
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
lots of propaganda films.
6. Office of Price Administration
7. War Production Board
8. National War Labor Board
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall- cheif of staff of the US Military during WWII. Only person above Marshall was the president.
Henry Kaiser- owner of a ship building company.
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
16. Battle of the Bulge
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
29. Why we won WWII.
henry kaiser- owner of a ship company. Made it possible for the US to make more ships than all other countries combined.
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