1. Tuesday March 24, 2015 Mr. Goblirsch – U.S. History
OBJECTIVE – Students Will Be Able To – SWBAT:
Describe the economic & social impacts of WWII on the American home front.
AGENDA:
WARM-UP: Home Front Impact
CONCEPT: WWII Home Front
PARTNERS: Finish Analyzing Japanese Internment
CLOSURE: Need to Know for WWII Quiz
*****WWII Quiz TOMORROW*****
Home Front Impact WARM-UP: (Follow the directions below)
***5 Minutes***
Define the term and analyze the map on P. 591.
Define the term: GI Bill of Rights
To which geographic region did the greatest number of African Americans migrate?
How do you think the wartime economy contributed to this mass migration?

2. THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II
AMERICAN
HOME
FRONT

3. SECTION 4: THE HOME FRONT
The war provided a lift to the U.S. economy
Jobs were abundant and despite rationing and shortages, people had money to spend
By the end of the war, America was the world’s dominant economic and military power

4. ECONOMIC GAINS
Unemployment fell to only 1.2% by 1944 and wages rose 35%
Farmers too benefited as production doubled and income tripled

5. WOMEN MAKE GAINS
Women enjoyed economic gains during the war, although many lost their jobs after the war
Over 6 million women entered the work force for the first time
Over 1/3 were in the defense industry

6. Structured Academic Discussion
Prior to WWII, America was in the Great Depression. However, during the war, jobs …

7. POPULATION SHIFTS
The war triggered the greatest mass migration in American history
More than a million newcomers poured into California between
African Americans again shifted from south to north

8. GI BILL HELPS RETURNING VETS
To help returning servicemen ease back into civilian life, Congress passed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights)
The act provided education for 7.8 million vets

9. Structured Academic Discussion
The purpose of Congress passing the GI Bill was …

10. INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
When the war began, 120,000 Japanese Americans lived in the U.S. – mostly on the West Coast
After Pearl Harbor, many people were suspicious of possible spy activity by Japanese Americans
In 1942, FDR ordered Japanese Americans into 10 relocation centers
Per Executive Order 9066
Japanese Americans felt the sting of discrimination during WWII

11. Japanese Contribution
120,000 Japanese Americans put in camps
Korematsu v. US - Supreme Ct. case said relocation was constitutional
Even though 33,000 Japanese Americans fought for US -
(442nd Regimental Combat team - most decorated in history)

12. U.S v. Korematsu - Supreme Ct. case Authorized removal
Location of the 10 Internment camps
U.S v. Korematsu -
Supreme Ct. case
Authorized removal
Of Japanese Americans

13. Jerome camp in Arkansas

14. Structured Academic Discussion
Executive Order 9066__________
Korematsu vs. U.S. ___________

15. U.S. PAYS REPARATIONS TO JAPANESE
In the late 1980s, President Reagan signed into law a bill that provided $20,000 to every Japanese American sent to a relocation camp
The checks were sent out in 1990 along with a note from President Bush saying, “We can never fully right the wrongs of the past we now recognize that serious wrongs were done to Japanese Americans during WWII.”
Today the U.S. is home to more than 1,000,000 Japanese-Americans

16. Nearly 59 years after the end of World War II, the National World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 29, 2004 to honor the 408,680 Americans who died in the conflict

17. CENTRAL HISTORICAL QUESTION
Why were Japanese Americans Interned during World War II?
Today you will be analyzing the internment of Japanese Americans by the American government during WWII.

18. TASK: Analyzing Interpretations
ROUND 1 – Watch a video clip. Develop a hypothesis based on the video. Complete the graphic organizer. ROUND 2 – With your partner, you will read through Documents B & C. Complete the corresponding section of the graphic organizer. ROUND 3 – With your partner again, you will read through Documents D & E. Again fill out the corresponding part of the graphic organizer.

19. ***FILL IN THE BLANK*** ***NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE***
NEED TO KNOW: WWII Quiz
***FILL IN THE BLANK***
Neutrality Acts
“Cash & Carry”
Lend-Lease Act
Pearl Harbor
OPA fought _____
Manhattan project
FDR elected ___ times
FDR’s Vice-President
Japanese internment
What helped win the Battle of the Atlantic
***NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE***
Supreme Allied Commander
D-Day
Last German offensive
VE-Day
Allied strategy in the Pacific
Kamikaze
Iwo Jima & Okinawa
August 6, 1945
Atomic bombs used on what 2 cities
Final decision to use A-bomb was by who