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A. Philip Randolph
Randolph was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties. He was one of the few most influention people during his time, and help fight for equal right for African Americans -
America’s war mobilization
America drafted young men to fight and created large armies while using strategic strategies to defeat their enemies with new technologies. America had a huge economic change and new programs to help sustain the war effort. In the war effort rationing-to help save materials & food, wartime conversion, and the role of women in industries all make Americas Mobilization possible. -
European Theater
Huge area of fighting across europe in which there were 3 war zones faught in-Eastern Front, the Western Front and the Mediterranean Theatre. -
Lend-Lease Program
It permitted Roosevelt to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or dispose of artillery/money to any government. This program helped allied countries to defend themselves and help boost the economy by creating jobs for the war effort -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed U.S Pearl Harbor. Thousands of American soldiers died in this attack, which made the U.S become involved in WWll. -
Internment of Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, and Italian Americans.
In the United States the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of people of Japanese,German,and Italian ancestry were put into camps in the middle of the U.S. The cause of the this was after pearl harbor bombing by japan, spread of communism from germans, and world threat and conquering from Italy. Once WWII took place Japanese, Germans,and Italian-Americans became a threat to national security.Internment then became the only choice to protect America. -
Manhattan Project
A secret military project created to produce the first US nuclear weapon which started in Manhattan New York. World War II triggered the start of the Manhattan Project with fears that Germany would build and use a nuclear weapon first. -
Pacific Theater
War between the allied powers and Japan which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands. After the bombing of pearl harbor japan quikly took control of the pacific until the turning point at the Battle of Midway -
Battle of Midway
Crucial naval battle in the pacific six months after the bombing of pearl harbor. The Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific and was crucial in winning the war. -
D-Day
Allied Powers invaded western Europe.The invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history and required careful planning. Germany was beat in the end and was amajor turning poin in the war -
Fall of Berlin
When Berlin Germany's wall fell that split the West and the East into 2. This wall was the result of the cold war and was torn down after the cold war was over.
