Chapter 25 - World War II 1941-1945

US Navy

The ________ stopped Japan's plans for the invasion of Hawaii and Australia in the Pacific that summer.

Japan

________ took Manchuria out of China in September 1931.

Sioux

________ and Navajos were hired to build decrees and military training centers in large numbers.

bracero program

The ________, negotiated by the United States and Mexico in 1942, brought over 200, 000 Mexicans to the U.S. for short- term jobs, mainly as agricultural and railway workers.

Pacific

The ________ posed serious threats beyond enemy fire although the European Theater had the greatest number of victims.

U.S.

The ________ began regaining naval superiority in the Central Pacific six months after Pearl Harbor.

American aircraft

________ fought at sea during the Pearl Harbor Angle, which was shown by luck in the big Coral Sea Nave Battle of May 7 to 8, 1942, when American carriers blocked a japanese thrust into Australia.