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Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS WWII: Chapter 25 Great Short Answer Questions: How did the U.S get the economy prepared for war? How has technology improved WWII weapons? Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
WWII Begins: Mobilizing America Main Idea: The success of the U.S. in mobilizing for war was due largely to the cooperation of individual American citizens. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
& Churchill (Great Britain) FDR (United States) & Churchill (Great Britain) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Step 1: Mobilize Industry America will be the 1st nation to successfully fight a two-front war. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Step 1: Mobilize Industry (WPB) War Production Board = put in charge of distributing raw materials and organizing the war industry Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS How did Henry Ford’s assembly line help in the getting America ready for war? Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
impact minorities and women? Great Short Answer Questions: How did WWII impact minorities and women?
Starts mass producing tanks and jeeps Step 2: Produce Weapons Auto Industry = Starts mass producing tanks and jeeps Ford makes B-24 Bombers “Liberators” Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS Step 2: Produce Weapons Liberty Ships with welded hull = did not break apart when torpedoed (hard to sink) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
What made the “Liberty Ship” Better than WWI ships? Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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America Mobilizes for War Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
In your opinion, how well Were US soldier trained Before heading to WWII? (textbook said?) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
1940 = US starts drafting soldiers Step 3: Build an Army 1940 = US starts drafting soldiers Selective Service & Training Act= the draft. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Step 2: Building an Army Women Join! Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - 1st time women could serve in the Army WASPS = Women Pilots - transported things Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS Women could join But still NO COMBAT! Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Symbol of strong working Women in WWII “Rosie the Riveter” = Symbol of strong working Women in WWII Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Tuskegee Airmen Step 3: Building an Army All minorities will serve in segregated units: Tuskegee Airmen (African American Unit) Fighting for “Double-V” Lead by Benjamin O. Davis Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Navajo Code Talkers (Native American Unit) Step 3: Building an Army Did serve along side white soldiers because they knew the code Code = in Navajo, unbreakable code Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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- Will not be allowed to serve in the Pacific Step 3: Building an Army 442nd Combat Unit (Japanese GIs) - Will not be allowed to serve in the Pacific Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Japanese Internment Camps EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 February 19, 1942 After Pearl Harbor, FDR orders that all Japanese Americans be taken away from their homes and put into internment camps. “Whereas, the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage …” Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS Why did the U.S. relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps during WWII? Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
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Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS "At Gila, there were 7,700 people crowded into space designed for 5,000. They were housed in messhalls, recreation halls, and even latrines. As many as 25 persons lived in a space intended for four." "I remember the soldiers marching us to the Army tank and I looked at their rifles and I was just terrified because I could see this long knife at the end . . . I thought I was imagining it as an adult much later . . . I thought it couldn't have been bayonets because we were just little kids." Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS In 1943 all internees over the age of seventeen were given a loyalty test. They were asked two questions: 1. Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered? (Females were asked if they were willing to volunteer for the Army Nurse Corps or Women's Army Corp.) 2. Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, to any other foreign government, power or organization? Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS
Civil Liberties Act of 1988: "a grave injustice was done" and mandated Congress to pay each victim of internment $20,000 in reparations. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS