Big three (acronyms)
US
UK
USSR

Organization created at Yalta conference
UN

Conference that raised tensions over democracy in East Europe
Potsdam

Battle that turned tide against japanese
Battle of the Coral Sea

Thing that pressured allies to do European invasion
USSR

Person that did military planning in WWII
Eisenhower

Place where government invested for Japanese fighting
West

Agreement that new workers are automatically in union
maintanence-of-membership

Act that allowed US to spend so much (it spent twice as much during WWII as it did in its existence), passed income tax
Revenue act of 1942

Effort to make purchases in war not just go to big business (failed)
War Production Board

Advantage of America (behind in technology compared to Japan & Germany but had this)
assembly line

Technology developed by allies that gave edge
radar
codebusting

Commission created in response to civil rights leader Randolph to allow African Americans war work
FEPC

Program to bring in Mexican workers
braceros

Native Americans lost support for what during WWII (as unity was encouraged)
reservations

Style of dress of Mexican teens that created tensions
Zoot suit

What happened to American Japanese in 1942
internment

Group that rose in popularity
Chinese

Group that gained work (whites)
teens

Thing that became dominant during war that wasn't dominant since 1920s
consumerism

In 1944 election who does FDR make his new vice president
Harry Truman

What year do US break both German lines and finally win war
1945

Who replaces Roosevelt when he dies
Truman

Program made by government (increasing its power) to limit power of unions and ration things
Office of Price Administration

Breakthrough in American cryptography decoding
American Magic

Native Americans that used their language to transmit messages
Navajo Code-Talkers

Propaganda by US to recruit women
Rosie the Riveter

Act that allowed US to take control of factories for wartime production (increased power of govt.)
Smith-Connally Act