Chapter 17 US-History vocab

Army chief of staff during World War I

Women volunteers who served in non-combat positions

Important African-American labor leader

Secret research project that resulted in the Atomic Bomb

Agency of the federal government that fought inflation

Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

American general who led the American forces and defeated German troops under Erwin Rommel.

Allied invasion to liberate Europe

American general who opened a huge hole in the German lines.

American general who liberated Paris in August. When Omar Bradley opened a huge hole in the German lines, it allowed Patton do to this

German counteroffensive in December 1944

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945

33rd president of the US

American commander in the Philippines

Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific

American victory that was the turning point in the Pacific War

Japanese suicide flight

Scientist who led the Manhattan Project

City that was the site of the first atomic-bomb drop in Japan

Japanese city that was the site of the second atomic-bomb drop

Tribunal that tried Nazi leaders for war crimes

Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life

Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality

Interracial organization formed to fight discrimination

Confinement under guard, especially during wartime

Civil rights group formed by Japanese Americans