CH 26 MC
In 1945, the first atomic explosion in history took place in
Alamogordo, New Mexico
In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by
Nazi germany
In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program which
admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time
In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted
automatic payroll deductions
The battle of the coral sea in 1942
marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.
In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to
mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions
In regards to European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States
refused to accept large numbers of refugees
In August 1945, the primary reason the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan was because
the Japanese did not immediately surrender after the first bomb was dropped.
In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"
there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk