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=__**Vocabulary** __=

**Barrage-** a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

**Catalyst-** a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.

**Infinite-** limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure orcalculate :

**Infrastructure-** the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g.,buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of asociety or enterprise.

**Mobilize-** (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service

**Munitions-** military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores

**Oscilloscope-** a device for viewing oscillations, as of electrical voltage or current, by a display on the screen of a cathode-ray tube.

**Prosthetic-** an artificial body part, such as a leg, a heart, or a breast implant

The U.S. avoided the war because there was really no point for us to get involved. It was such a shock because we were at peace with Japan.
 * 1- Why did the U.S. avoid involvement in WWII until December 1941? Why was the Pearl Harbor attack such a shock to the U.S.? **

Penicillin was so important because it helped save lives. Some other advances in medicine that was important during the war were blood banks and prosthetic eye balls.
 * 2- Why was the invention of penicillin so important in the context of WWII? What were some other advances in medicine that were important during the war? **

Women were asked to come work in the factories to help build different things for the war and some make weapons. Yes, I believe this helped their right because it proves that they are fully capable of doing a mans work.
 * 3 -How were women affected by WWII? Do you think the war advanced the rights of women? **

It helped the Segregation act in the 50's and 60's.
 * 4- During WWII, the American armed forces were still segregated by race. Why do you think this issue became increasingly important during this era, leading to the desegregation of the Armed Forces a few years after the war? **

Some of the arguments were that it is non-human
 * 5- What were some of the arguments for and against using the atomic bomb? **

We became very powerful all of the sudden and we ended up finishing the war. It made us very wealthy and more powerful and we turned arrogant.
 * 6- Overall, what were the consequences of WWII for the United States? How was the U.S. changed by the war? **

__//**World War 2 video notes**//__


 * 1. **** 44 million men are registered for war **


 * 2. **** All war vehicles are produced in huge numbers **


 * 3. The general purpose vehicle is born now and is called a "jeep" **


 * 4. **** The US sent a fleet of b52's to bomb a yard in germany **


 * 5. **** Michael douglas is not an expert. **


 * 6. 88 thousand tanks are made **


 * 7. Women went to help build in the factories to build stuff for the war **


 * 8. **** Two men in a radar truck spotted the japanese flight but then they just vanished and the General said to forget about it and it was nothing **


 * 9. World war 2 cost 3 billion dollars all together **


 * 10. One spark could blow up a whole weapons factory **


 * 11. **** They are made by jeep, and made with many seats in them **


 * 12. **** The german open up 88 mm. anti air rounds at the fleet. **


 * 13. at 23 thousand feet the b52's leave vapor trails that lead straight to the plane. **


 * 14. 36 thousand bombs hit the yard and the missions were a success **


 * 15. **** They have a top secret computer that they use to be completly accurate on hitting the yard. **


 * 16. The US show that daylight bombing is possible. **


 * 17. 50 percent land on the target area. **


 * 18. it is now up to 95 percent. **


 * 19. Americans bomb during the day. **


 * 20. British bomb during the night. **