1. Warm Up: Japanese American Internment
Think about it
You have 24 hours to pack up your belongings, what do you take?
You only have one suitcase.
No pets.
No exceptions
Work with your neighbor on this and make one list

2. Zoot Suit Riots
U.S. History

3. Zoot Suit
What is it?
Point out a few things with your neighbor and be ready for discussion

4. Mexican Immigration
,1 million people emigrated from Mexico to U.S. Southwest
By 1930s, 3 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans were living in the United States
Some emigrated
Some families had lived in in U.S. prior to California becoming a state
Los Angeles had largest number of Mexican-American community in United States

5. Zoot Suit
By 1940, Mexican- American urban youth formed different styles
Speech
Dress
Not typical American, nor Mexican

6. Racial Segregation
1940s, continued racial segregation with Mexican-Americans
Schools
Housing
Movie theaters
Restaurants
Swimming Pools
Employment Discrimination

7. Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial
Rioting began 6 months after Sleepy Lagoon murder trial
Controversial case
Los Angeles police detained 600 Mexican-American teenagers after finding a Mexican-American teenager dead
22 Mexican-American teens were found guilty
Trial overturned years later, teens went free

8. Rioting May-June 1943 in Los Angeles Lasted several days
Thousands of Service men participated in attacks against Mexican- Americans wearing zoot suits