Ch. 35.4-35.8 Review

Ch. 35.4-35.8

Life for Ethnic Groups in America During WW2

- People of German, Italian and Japanese descent looked on with suspicion...affected non-citizens

- Register with government, carry I.D. cards

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Fear of Spies

Order 9066

• 1942...after Pearl Harbor fear of another Japanese attack

• Gave military ability to move Japanese Immigrants away from, " national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities" places

• Why would the government allow this?

Multiple Choice

Order 9066 allowed.....

• the government to move German immigrants away from military places

• the government to sell more lumber to the military

• the government to move Japanese immigrants away from national security places

Reactions on Japanese Relocation

• " Needs to be done."

• "Immigrants can go, but citizens should be able to stay"

• What would the difference be between an immigrant and a citizen? Why would this difference matter?

• "All Japanese living here are part of our community and deserve to be here."

• 120,000 people interned.....2/3 were citizens

Internment Life

• families given 50 sq. ft.

• Army Cots & cotton matresses

• Poor diet sanitation

• Created jobs and recreation activities

Internment

• Eventually banned Japanese language and music

• Why would this be done?

• Lifted 1945

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shows what internment life was like?

• people were allowed to create jobs within the camps

• people were not allowed to speak Japanese as soon as they entered the camps

• families were given a lot of privacy

• Rosie the Riveter Song

https://youtu.be/55NCElsbjeQ

-Women did jobs usually done by men during WW2

- For example: welding, architect, building airplanes

- Still faced difficulty on the workforce

- Joined civilian support unit.. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps...later called W.A.C.

--> only group to see action on the battlefield

Which was the biggest accomplishment?

American Women and WW 2

Multiple Select

Which of the following is an example of how women helped the war effort during WW2?

choose all that apply

• helped to build planes

• became welders

• joined civilian support units

Bracero Program

• Agreement that allowed Mexican immigrants to work in USA

• Allowed there to be more workers during WW2

• Why would WA State need more workers during WW2?

• These men were temp workers that had a contract

Positives & Negatives of the Bracero Program

• Positives

• men got money...USA got temp workers

• Negatives

• men had no say in the government...Mexico lost workers...poor working conditions

Multiple Choice

Someone under the Bracero Program would have came to America to work as a _____________.

• secretary

• farmer

• pilot

-Double V campaign...democracy in America and overseas

- Had discrimination in the military...eventually this stopped and the Tuskegee Airmen were created (has one of the lowest loss records of all escort fighter groups)

- Once discrimination stopped in defense-related jobs many people moved from the south to northern cities

What problems could this create?

African Americans in U.S.A. WW2

-National Urban League..

-->tried to stop discrimination in defense plants,

-->fought to integrate labor unions,

-->pushed federal officials to ensure equal opportunity for African Americans in housing and employment

- NAACP..

-->seeking justice through the courts

-->avoided making 'big' demands during the war

- CORE & NAACP set the stage for civil rights movement after WW2

African Americans in U.S.A. WW2 cont.

Multiple Choice

What was unique about the Tuskegee Airmen?

• first squadron of German American men

• first squadron of Japanese American men

• first squadron of African American men

Multiple Choice

What did the NAACP, CORE and National Urban League have in common?

• they helped Japanese Americans in internment camps

• they all worked to end discrimination

• they all worked to to allow women to have better pay

-Gov't did not offer refuge for many reasons:

-->Anti-Semitism,

-->sabotage

-War Refuge Board helped those in need

Jewish Immigration

-Needed a place to dock

-Turned away from Cuba and FL

- Ended back in Europe

- Shows how US downplayed problems for Jews in Europe at first

Steamship St. Louis

Jewish Americans

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"The Bracero Program allowed Mexican men to immigrate to the USA to work temporarily."

• True

• False