The American Yawp Chapter 24 Chiang Kai-Shek - ANSWERChinese leader;political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975 Rape of Nanking - ANSWERDecember 13. Between 250,000 and 300,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands of women were raped Blitzkrieg - ANSWERthe use of tanks, planes, and motorized infantry (infantry that used trucks for transportation instead of marching) to concentrate forces, smash front lines, and wreak havoc behind the enemy's defenses; Lightning War Pearl Harbor - ANSWERDecember 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on an American naval base War Production Board - ANSWERn agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II
- Philip Randolph - ANSWERa leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American
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labor movement, and socialist political parties Bracero Program - ANSWERseries of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4, 1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico.Zuit Suit Riots - ANSWERa series of conflicts in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, between European Americans servicemen stationed in Southern California against Mexican American youths and other minorities who were residents of the city Rosie the Riveter - ANSWERcultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies Executive Order 8802 and Fair Employment Practices Commission - ANSWERsigned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry Double V - ANSWERstood for two victories for black Americans: a victory at home and a victory abroad.Executive Order 9066 and Japanese Internment - ANSWERThe President Authorizes Japanese Relocation Hiroshima and Nagasaki - ANSWERthe United States detonated two nuclear weapons over Japanese cities