2.5.19 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1783 - Sweden recognized the independence of the United States. 1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt proposed enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court. The plan failed. 1994 - White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. 2003 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441. BELL WORK: PICK-UP THE HOME FRONT. COMPLETE ACTIVE READING: 1. READ PASSAGE. 2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES. 4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS. AGENDA: DISCUSS THE HOME FRONT. ZOOT SUIT RIOTS EO 9066 1943 RACE RIOTS COMPLETE & DISCUSS THE HOME FRONT DBQ #2. COMPLETE EXIT TICKET. HOMEWORK: 5.9 VIDEO/NOTES DUE FRIDAY. UNIT 5 VOCABULARY

Exit Ticket/Objective 5.7 Assessment Despite the efforts of minorities during WWII many groups still faced discrimination. For example, in Los Angeles the (1) _____ Riots occurred when young (2)_____ clashed with white sailors. Another race riot occurred in (3)______ in 1943 when whites & African-Americans clashed leaving 34 people dead. The worst discrimination during WWII was faced by (4)_____ as over 110,000 of them were forced into (5)_____ camps mostly located in the deserts of the West. The U.S. government claimed the (6)_____ or confinement was done for security reasons. It was not until the 1980s when President (7)_____ signed a bill to pay (8) $_____ to Japanese-Americans sent to relocation camps during WWII that the government accepted responsibility for this injustice.

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