AP US History Segment 2 Week 9
Objectives This Week 7.04 WWII at Home Writing Assignment 7.05 DBA 7.06 Module 7 Exam
7.04 Short Essay Answer question relating to our Internment of Japanese Americans or The Manhattan Project
Women During WWII 8 million men went overseas to fight Women helped double the level of industrial production from 1939 to 1945 More married women worked. Government spent millions on daycare Women still made less than men, however After the war, women in office jobs increased 500% Women volunteered as nurses, cooks, clerks
Double V Campaign FDR Created the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) Banned discrimination in hiring Effect was limited 1948-Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military
Internment Discrimination against Japanese- Americans after Pearl Harbor Executive Order 9066: Japanese- Americans were sent to internment camps. Forced to sell their property and businesses 110,000 were interned, 2/3 were citizens Many proved their loyalty by volunteering for the military
The Manhattan project Secret US program to build an atomic bomb Albert Einstein theorized E=mc^2 enabling nuclear power. Urged FDR to develop weapon before Nazis Bomb completed by 1945 Used on Japan to force them to surrender, to save American lives However, the effects were devastating on Japan- Instantly killed 130,000. Radiation poisoning killed thousands more
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