1. The United States in World War II Chapter 25

2. The Home Front Section 4

3. While the war was going on, many Americans were able to start saving money. This was due in part to rationing. It would lead to an economic boom once the war was over.

4. Not all people were able to do this. More than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry (including 60 percent who were American citizens) were forcibly “relocated” from their homes, businesses and farms in the western states. They were sent to Internment Camps. From: http://www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_veterans_442nd.asp

5. These camps were crowded, tarpaper barracks, in the desolate wind-swept desert.

8. Families The uncertainties of war & economic affluence of the 1940s led to a dramatic rise in marriage The influx of women into the workforce led to a new demand for daycare centers & to an increase in child delinquency Public health improved as more families had access to doctors, dentists, & prescription drugs …and high divorce rates

9. African-Americans 1 million blacks served in U.S. military but few saw combat Fair Employment Practices CommitteeDiscrimination in the workforce led A. Philip Randolph to pressure FDR to create a Fair Employment Practices Committee Continued black migration into the North & West made race relations a national issue Banned discrimination in defense industries & gov’t

10. Segregated units…again Tuskegee Airmen

11. Double V: Victory at Home & Abroad A. Philip Randolph threatened a “March on Washington” to protest war time discrimination Other groups, like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), staged sit-ins in restaurants in major cities to protest discrimination

13. Mexican-Americans Mexican-Americans:Mexican-Americans: –Served in quasi-segregated military units, often in the most hazardous branches –Mexican-American workers found jobs in SW agriculture & west coast industry –Faced discrimination, especially during the Zoot Suit Riots

14. “Zoot Suit” Riot in Los Angeles

15. Japanese-Americans Due to Pearl Harbor, many in the U.S. feared Japanese-Americans were helping prepare for a Japanese invasion in the West Civil liberties were restricted: –Issei had their assets frozen –Used racial stereotypes (“Japs”) –In 1942, FDR ordered 112,000 Japanese- Americans moved to internment camps Japanese who were not American citizens living in the U.S.