Cost-plus contracts
government agreed to pay a company whatever it cost to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage of the costs as profit
Disfranchise
African Americans were often denied thier right to vote
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Help make loans to companies to help them cover the costs of coverting to war production
Liberty Ship
Basic Cargo shiip used during the war.
War Production Board (WPA)
Received the authority to set priorities and production goal and control the distribution of raw materials and supplies
Selective Service and Traing Act
Plan for the first peacetime draft in American histroy
Women's Army Corps
First regular army corps for women
GI's
Nickname for American soldiers because their clothing was labeled "Government issue
Tuskegee Airmen
African American unit, 99th Pursuit Squadron, that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio
Periphery
edges
Convoy System
Cargo ships traveled in groups and were escorted by navy worships
Chester Nimitz
Commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
General in the Philippines, sent by FDR
James Doolittle
Lieutenant Colonel, Command of the mission by FDR to bomb Tokyo, Japan
George Patton
General who led American forces in Morocco, quickly captured the city of Casablanca
Battle of Midway
turning point in the wwar that stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific
Battle of Stalingrad
turning point in the war that put the Germans on the defensive
Bataan Death March
when 78,000 prisoners of war were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp
Sunbelt
New industrial region in Southern California and Deep South developing during World War II
Rationing
Limiting the availability of many products to make sure enough for military use
Victory Garden
gardens planted to produce more food for the war effort
Rosie the Riveter
Symbol of the campaign to hire women during the wartime labor shortage
A. Phillip Randolph
Head of Brotherhood of sleeping car porter-a major union for African American railroad workers
zoot suit
baggy, pleated pants and overstuffed, knee-length, jacket with wide lapels, Mexican Teens wore them
E Bond
Common war bond to pay for war
Japanese American Citizens League
tried to help Japanese Americans who had lost property during the relocation
Office fo Price Administration
created to stabilize both wages and prices
Fair Employment Practices Commission
first civil rights agency established by the federal government since the Reconstruction Era
Amphtac
amphibious tractor, tank track
Kamikaze
Japanese attacks where pilots diliberately crash there planes into American ships
Casblanca Conference
Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to step up bombing of Germany
Operation Overload
Code name for the planned invasion in France
D-Day
Date for the invasion
Omar Bradley
commander of the American force landing at Omina and Utah
Gaudalcanal
August 1942, invasion of General MacArthur and his troops began their campaign
Hedgerow
Dirt walls, serveral feet thick, that were covered in shrubbery and surrounded many fields in Normandy
Naplam
kind of jellied gasoline
Charter
constitution
Battle of the Bulge
The attack as German forces raced west, their lines bulged outward
V-E Day
May 8, 1945-"Victory in Europe
Harry S. Truman
Became president after Roosevelt's Death
Curtis LeMay
commander of the B-29s based in the Marianas
Mahattan Project
code name for the American program t obuild an atomic bomb
V-J Day
August 15,1945-Japan surrendered
United Nation (UN)
New international political organizations to prevent another world war
Little Boy
code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Nuremburg
Where the International Military Trubunal tried German leaders suspected of committting war crimes