1. Selective Training and Service Acthome front, passed in 1940, peacetime draft, drafted me just in case, used until 1973, from there volunteers filled in2. Women's role in WWIIRosie the Riveter represented women workers during the war, worked in factories, nursing, secretaries, typists, farmer, sales, waitress, bus/taxi driver, messenger, laundry, teacher, conductors, didn’t fight in war, each branch had their own branches, Army- WAC, Navy- WAVES, Air Force- WASP; "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri, on the radio, taunting troops and making them homesick, US citizen in Japan, convicted of treason;3. African-American's role in WWIImany went to war, worked in factories, bombing and fighting on front lines, discriminated against4. Asian's role in WWIIInternment camps5. Hollywood's role in WWIIEntertained troops, made propaganda movies, sent people overseas to entertain troops, The Purple Heart major movie; Bob Hope comedian/singer/actor, USO tour, got singer actors comedians to go over and entertain troops; John Wayne major actor6. Office of Price Administration1941 to set up rations and price control, some rations were restrictions on sugar, meat, silk, and nylon eventually gas, stickers based on what job you have A common American 4 gal, B war workers more gas or C vital jobs more gas, T truckers unlimited gas, black market develops, stealing and counterfeit stickers7. War Production Boardtried to get everyone to pitch in and make supplies for the war8. National War Labor Boardgot workers and owners to work together so the workers would strike hurting the war effort9. Why the Home front helped win the war10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic12. Operation Barbarossa (USSR vs. Germany)13. Battle in Africa and Italy14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, BradleyMarshall- Chief of Staff of the US military during WWII, head of US military, only guy above him was the president15. D-Day-Operation Overlord16. Battle of the Bulge17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in US29. Why the allies wonHitler declaring war on US, women’s work in factories; Henry Kaiser had a shipbuilding company, made more ships than all other countries combined;
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