3.  Many worked in heavy industry  Many worked after they were married and after they were 35 years old.  Rosie the Riveter- Motivated women to work  Lasting effects- increase in women working even after the war ended.

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8.  Jobs during the war still remained segregated.  A. Phillip Randolph- African Americans would no longer accept second class citizenship.  Executive Order 8802- Ensured fair hiring practices and formed the Fair Employment Practices Committee to enforce the requirements.  Nonviolent protests to make voices heard. Set the path for civil rights issues to come in the future.

9. league cartoon1  6 million to work in industry  Baceros, Mexican workers brought to work in US  1.6 million Black families leave the South  Speeded up the assimilation of ethnic groups into American society.

10.  The South And Southwest became growing cultural, social, economic and political force.  Bracero Program- U.S. and Mexico partnership that brought Mexicans to work on American farms in the West.  Though they helped with the war cause, many Mexican workers faced discrimination.

11.  Race riots become a problem as people start to migrate across the country.  Detroit, Michigan was the worst with 34 people being killed. (A. Americans and Whites)  Mexican Americans= Los Angeles Mexicans and Mexican Americans attacked by sailors and arrested.

12.  German, Italian, and Japanese aliens all faced restrictions, curfews, being arrested, deported or put in camps.  Federal orders cause all 3 groups to vacate the West Coast in 1942.  Germans and Italians eventually were removed from this list.

14.  Internment- Temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group.  Japanese Americans were taken to camps all across the country, especially in the West.  Families were forced to leave their homes, jobs, schools and lives to go to special camps where they would live for the duration of the war.

15.  Korematsu v. United States- Supreme Court upheld the wartime policy.  1988- Government apologized and gave $20,000 to surviving victims.  Not until 1943 could Japanese Americans join the military.  442 nd Regimental Combat Team fought against the Italian campaign and became highly recognized.

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25.  Rationing- Limiting the amount a person can buy of a certain good.  Office of Price Administration- set wages and set maximum prices.  Most people followed the rationing process.  Others created a black market for goods.

27.  Office of War Information- worked with media to encourage support for the war effort.  Tried to downplay problems with poverty and crime and racial tensions.  Hollywood documentaries, radio and printing industries all tried to encourage war effort.