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Chapter 17 – Section 1 Mobilizing for Defense Selective Service & The GI Selective Service & The GI –Volunteers –Expanding the Draft Expanding the Military Expanding the Military George Marshall George Marshall Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps –Nurses, drivers, radio operators, electricians, pilots Recruiting and Discrimination Recruiting and Discrimination Dramatic Contributions Dramatic Contributions –Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native-American
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A Production Miracle The Industrial Response The Industrial Response –Production halt –Convert to war production Labor’s Contribution Labor’s Contribution –Worker shortage? –Prejudice – Women and Minorities –A. Phillip Randolph Roosevelt’s executive order Roosevelt’s executive order Mobilization of Scientists Mobilization of Scientists –Office of Scientific Research and Development –Albert Einstein –Advisory Committee on Uranium –Manhattan Project
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The Federal Government Takes Control Economic Controls Economic Controls –Office of Price Administration (OPA) Freezing Prices Freezing Prices Raised Income Tax Raised Income Tax War Production Board (WPB) War Production Board (WPB) –Converting to wartime production –Drives for war goods Rationing Rationing –Personal Contribution
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Chapter 17 – Section 2 The War for Europe and North Africa The United States and Britain Join Forces The United States and Britain Join Forces War Plans War Plans –Churchill and Roosevelt meet The Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic –German submarine raids –Convoy system –Battle of the Atlantic turns
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The Eastern Front and The Mediterranean The Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad –Industrial center –Winter strikes, Soviet counterattack –German surrender – turning point The North African Front The North African Front –Dwight D. Eisenhower –Surrender, May 1943 The Italian Campaign The Italian Campaign –Meeting in Casablanca –Capture of Sicily, Mussolini resigns –Bloody Anzio Heroes in Combat Heroes in Combat –Minority Contribution
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The Allies Liberate Europe D-Day Calais and Omaha Beach Calais and Omaha Beach The Allies Gain Ground The Allies Gain Ground -Omar Bradley and St. Lo -George Patton and Paris The Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge –Last German offensive Liberation of the Death Camps Liberation of the Death Camps –Majdanek Unconditional Surrender Unconditional Surrender –Hitler’s suicide –V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) Roosevelt’s Death Roosevelt’s Death
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Chapter 17 The War in the Pacific Section 3
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The Allies Stem the Japanese Tide Japanese Advances Japanese Advances -Douglas MacArthur Doolittle’s Raid Doolittle’s Raid Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Coral Sea The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway -Chester Nimitz -Battle of Midway
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The Allies Go on the Offensive The Japanese Defense The Japanese Defense Iwo Jima Iwo Jima The Battle for Okinawa The Battle for Okinawa
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The Atomic Bomb Ends the War The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project -J. Robert Oppenheimer Hiroshima & Nagasaki Hiroshima & Nagasaki-Hiroshima-Nagasaki
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Rebuilding Begins The Yalta Conference The Yalta Conference The Nuremberg War Trials The Nuremberg War Trials The Occupation of Japan The Occupation of Japan
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Chapter 17 The Home Front Section 4
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Opportunity and Adjustment Economic Gains Economic Gains Population Shifts Population Shifts Social Adjustments Social Adjustments -GI Bill of Rights
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Discrimination and Reaction Civil Rights Protests Civil Rights Protests -James Farmer -Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Tension in Los Angeles Tension in Los Angeles
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Internment of Japanese Americans -Internment -Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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