Chapter 35: America in World War II, 1941-1945
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Henry J. Kaiser | Leading American industrialist and shipbuilder during WWII |
| John L. Lewis | Tough head of the United Mine workers, whose work stoppages precipitated antistrike laws |
| A. Philip Randolph | head of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters whose threatened march on Washington opened job opportunities for blacks during the World War II |
| Erwin Rommel | Top German General in North Africa whose advance was finally haltedd at El Alamein by British General Montgomery. |
| Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) | US ally who resisted Japanese advances in China during World War II. |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of the U.S. Army in the pacific during World War II, who fulfilled his promise to return to the Philipines |
| Chester W. Nimitz | Commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Pacific and brillian strategist of the "island hopping campaign" |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Commander of the Allied military assault against Hitler in North Africa and France |
| Winston Churchill | The Allied leader who constantly pressured the U.S. & Britain to open a second front against Hitler |
| Joseph Stalin | Allied leader who met with FDR to plan a strategy at Casablanca & Teheran |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican presidential nominee in 1944 who failed in his effort to deny FDR a fourth term |
| Henry A. Wallace | FDR;s liberal vice president during most of WWII, dumped from the ticket in 1944 |
| Harry S. Truman | Inconspicuous former senator from Missouri who was suddenly catapulted to national and world leadership on April 12, 1945 |
| Albert Einstein | German-born physicist who helped persuade Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb |
| Hirohito | Japanese emperor who was allowed to stay on his throne, despite unconditional surrender policy |
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