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Chapter 38 America in World War II
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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
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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
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Building the War Machine
Shortage of workers: factories, farms Rosie the Riveter A. Philip Randolph: threatens strike FDR makes discrimination in war jobs ill.
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Migration African Americans Native Americans: code talkers, factories
Zoot suit riots
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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
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Japan Bataan death march Midway Island Hopping
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Europe North Africa Italy: soft underbelly D-Day Battle of the Bulge
Berlin Holocaust Atomic bomb
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