WWII: US intro, Minorities

African Americans in WWII generally served in ________________ roles

• Front line

• Non combat

• Military Combat

• Marines

African Americans in WWII generally served in ________________ units

• Happy

• United

• Integrated

• Segregated

The ____________________ were one of the exceptions to most African Americans in WWII, they served as fighter pilots with distinction

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Bracero Program

• Rosie the Riveter

• Nisei Regiments

The 2nd Generation Japanese Americans known as the ___________ earned a high number of decorations while their families served in internment camps

• Rosie the Riveters

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

• Tuskegee Airmen

The _____________ were known as Code Talkers since they had communication codes that could not be broken by the Japanese to beat them in the Pacific.

• Navajo

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Rosies

Executive Order _________ issued by FDR in 1942 sent Japanese Americans into internment camps mostly on the West Coast

• 1941

• 1939

• 9066

• 1945

Executive Order 9066 led to the Internment of _______________ Americans along the West Coast

• Japanese

• African

• Mexican

• German

Japanese interment mostly impacted Japanese Americans living on the ______ Coast

• South

• North

• East

• West

In 1944, in the Case __________________________, the Supreme Court decided that internment was constitutional due to military necessity

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Korematsu v. US

• Brown v. Board

African American campaigned for Victory in War and Victory at Home, known as the "______________________" Campaign

• Double V

• Equality

• Victory Everywhere

• Bracero Program