Chapter 38 America in World War II
beginnings Japan attack on Pearl Harbor 12-7-41 U.S. declares war with 1 dissenting vote Plan for fighting the War (Europe 1st) U.S. hoping for enough time to prepare
Impact of Pearl Harbor American views of the war 1921, 1924 limited immigration More than 100,000 Japanese Americans placed into camps Manzanar Korematsu v. U.S.: upheld camps U.S. apologizes in 1988; $20,000 New Programs wiped out 442nd
Building the War Machine Shortage of workers: factories, farms Rosie the Riveter A. Philip Randolph: threatens strike FDR makes discrimination in war jobs ill.
Migration African Americans Native Americans: code talkers, factories Zoot suit riots
Home Front War bond drive Scrap metal drives Support for science Rationing Blue star, Gold Star U.S. spends 2X amount of federal spending before WWII
Japan Bataan death march Midway Island Hopping
Europe North Africa Italy: soft underbelly D-Day Battle of the Bulge Berlin Holocaust Atomic bomb