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World War II
We got involved in World War 2 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. World War 2 was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations. It was the most widespread war in history. With more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries Germany and Japan lost the war in 1945.
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Comic Books
Kids' favorite passtime. Were mass produced in the 1940s. They are also know as comics or comic magazines. The United States has produced the most comic books since their first appearence. They have varied in age limits since their arrival. -
Yo-Yo's
Became extremely poular during WWII. Were invented in 25 AD. Became popular among children. Became a passtime sport. Were made stronger and of better material due to their popularity. -
Scrap Drive
Sometimes the American people went too far in their collection of scrap metal. Many items were sent to the scrap pile which were later missed, including cannons, monuments, and other historical objects. The scrap drive happened because of WWII. The U.S needed more metal for war purposes. The Goverment arrested people who refused to give
up metal or get metal.
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Marbles
Were very popular. were invented in 500 bc. became more sophisticated when the became more popular. usually have a decoration inside of them. have had many games made to use them. -
Automatic Transimission
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Automatic Door
The worlds first automatic door was installed in a resturant in New York. This is a device that operates a sliding door for pedestrian use. It opens the door automatically, waits, then closes it. -
Trotsky Assassination
Leon Trotsky was a soviet politican. He was a founder of the Red Army. He was assinated with a pick axe by Ramon Mecurader. Leon Trotsky was one of the most important figures of the Russian Revolution. -
M&Ms
M&Ms is an abreviation for thier creators Forest Mars and Bruce Murrie. The M&Ms candy was originaly a candy for the military.It used to come in round cylinders then in 1948 came in a deep brown colored bag.In that time the M was stamped black. -
Americans behind barbed wire
Americans behind barbed wire started after the pearl Harbor bombing.The americans thought that all of the Japenese Americans were spy's for the Japenese. Police would go to all of the Japnese houses and arrest them. The Police would put the Japenese in little compounds.
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Abraham Lincoln (Book)
A famous book. It won two awards. It was the most famous book in the 1940s. It was a biography about Abarham Lincoln. It contained black and white pictures. -
Peral Harbor
The Japenese planned a suprise military strike on Peral Harbor December 7th. The Japenese attacked because they were trying to prevent the fleet from getting in the way of the Japenese empire, from attacking nearby countries. Pearl Harbor was attacked by 353 Japenese fighters. 4 out of the eight U.S anvy battle shibs were sunk and the rest damaged. 2,402 U.S troops. were killed, 1,282 were injured.
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Muhammad Ali
He was a pro boxer in the 1940's. He was the heavy weight champion. His nickname was The Greatest. Out of 61 total matches he won 56. His boxing license was suspended. -
Nuclear Reactor
The nuclkear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. -
Call It Courage -Book
Was an extremely popular book. won an award. was the best selling book in WWII. many authors copied it. a movie was made as a tribute to it. -
Casablanca
Was an extremely famous movie. came out in 1942 and became increasingly popular. starred the best looking actors at that time. was a drama story. based on a book. -
Magnetic Recording Tape
Is a Long piece of plastic with a magnetizable coating. -
Daniel Boone -Book
Was a very popular book. Came out in 1943 and immediatly came to people's interest. Was meant for adualts, but some kids read the book. It included real painting of Daniel Boone. Was a biography. -
General Patton
Was the leader of the Seventh United States Army in 1944. Also was the learder of the Third United States Army in January 1943.He also lead troops to the Mediterranean theater with and invasion of casblanca. His nickname was Bandito. Also known as the Old Blood and Guts. Source i used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton -
D-day
D-day was a key war in WWII. The invasion was in two phases. An airborn assalt landing 24,000 British troops. The second was landing Canadian and American Airborn troops. There was a total of 156,115 Solders between the Americans, Canadians, and Britain.
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The Jitterbug
It was a very popular dance. it was so popular that when one pair started dancing everyone else would do the same. it sometimes started deadly riots. it was sometimes used to celebrate war victories. it was a very popular saturday night activity. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was a important war in WWII. With about 610,000 men committed and some 89,000 casualties,including 19,000 killed, The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II. For the U.S 19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, 23,000 captured or missing. For the Germans 84,834 other estimates range from 60–100,000 killed, missing/captured, or wounded. -
Microwave
Created by Percy LeBaron Spencer the microwave changed cooking forever making it faster and easier.The food was cook by heating it and it was heated by attacking in with electromagnetic radiation. The first microwave cost 5,000 dollars. -
Victory on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was key battle in WW2. The battle started Febuary 19th and ended a month later. Iwo Jima was a island in the Japenese empire. We wanted control of the three air fields so we could attack the main island. After the month of fighting we finally won the battle then the war.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sent troops to fight in WWII. He made war on the japanese after they attacked pearl Harbor. When he was in office the enconomy jumped way up. He was dominat leader of the Demorcratic party.
There was small buisness back then. He also retired.
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Adolf Hitler
He was the leader of the Nazi Army in WWII. He did not like the jews. He was the one who started WWII and got the US into the war. He was the the main person of the Germany Army. He commited suicide before the re war. -
Nuclear Bomb
Involved with Albert Einstien this Bomb was made in Hiroshima,New Mexico.This bomb is the width of the average male on its side. -
Computers
A machine that computes things. It was at that time bigger than a person's bedroom. It is simply meant to compute numbers and data. It helped with flight records and locations. It was not available to the public. -
Television
Adualts' favorite passtime. It helped keep people updated on the war.The television basically replaced newspapers. It was immediatly nicknamed the TV. Had very few channels. -
Harry S. Truman
Was the president after franklin died. He got Germanty to surrender. When he became president the war in Japan ended. When he wanted to use atomatic weapons the war ended instent.He also served in combat in France.
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The Baby Boom
78 million babies were born between 1946-1964. It started when the soldiers from WWII came home . In the United states about 79 million babies were born. In the 1930s to early 1940s, new births in the United States averaged around 2.3 to 2.8 million each year. 1946, the first year of the Baby Boom, new births in the U.S. skyrocketed to 3.47 million births.
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Nitrous Oxide
Known as laughing gas this was used to ease the ain during surgery. Nitrous oxide is a chemical compound with the formula N2O. It is an oxide of nitrogen. -
U.S drops Nuke on Japan
Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States told Japan to surrender. If they threatened Japan with destruction. The Japanese government ignored this warning, and the United States deployed two nuclear weapons. American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August.
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Josh Gibson
He was a famous baseball player for the Nationals. He was also in the Hall of Fame. He was a catcher. He also played Mexican league baseball. He never playe Major League Baseball in his life until he went pro. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gibson -
Jackie Robinson
He made Blacks and whites play the same sports. He was also the very first black person to play baseball. He was the best player on the Brooklyn Dogers. He was also one of the best player in the MLB and in the Hall Of Fame. He also helped people outside of the ball diamond. Source i used:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson -
Cherrios
Made by the General Mills company. This cereal was originaly call CheeriOats but it was changed in 1945 because of dispute with Quaker Oats. -
Transistor
Made by William Shockly in the U.S it advanced technological circuitry.It is a simiconductor used to amplify and swich electronic signals. -
Billie Holiday
Was an american jazz singer. Also she was songwriter. Her nickname was" Lady Day". John Bush said that she changed the vocals forever. She barely wrote co-songs. -
Babe Ruth
He retires from his amazing baseball career. He spent 22 years in the Major Leage Baseball. His nickname was the "Bambino". He played with the New York Yankees. He set the record for homeruns and it was 714.
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