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Social Impact ofWorld War II

__________ in the UnitedStates: 1939-1945

Daily Life in the United Statesduring World War II

♣ Pre-World War II___________

♣ World War II___________American__________dramatically

African-American Experience inWorld War II

♣ Blacks on the _____________♣ ____________, Supportive of

War Effort♣ Economic ________________

♣ _______ ______ -_______ ______ duringDepression Years

♣ FDR signed __________Order _______ - nodiscrimination based on_______ in hiring (appliedto Defense jobs)

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African-Americans in the War

♣ Black _____________Participation

♣ _______________Armed Forces♣ ______________ Units

and ____________opportunities

♣ Most famous African-American military groupof WW 2 = The___________ ________

The Tuskegee Airmen

♣ Group of ____________ Pilots - 99thPursuit “___________” Squadron

♣ Trained in Tuskegee, ___________♣ _____________ as an escort

squadron - fought over _________.♣ Col. Paul ___________ (new

elementary school in Lincoln namedafter him) from Lincoln served as aTuskegee Airman

Segregation in the Military

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Native American Contributionsduring World War II

♣ 25,000 Native Americansjoined _________ forces

♣ 23,000 worked at__________ plants and____________

♣ Notable were the________ ____________(Communicated in theNavajo language)

♣ Japanese military_______ broke the code♣ Movie recently:

Windtalkers

Mexican-American contributionsduring World War II

♣ ______________Program - Mexican farmlaborers came to theU.S.

♣ 1942-1947 - 200,000braceros worked

♣ Most lived in barrios

♣ ________-______ Riots(Los Angeles) - Off dutyGIs targeted MexicanAmerican youth forstyles of clothing (zoot-suits) - 1943

Native and Mexican-Americans inWWII

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Japanese-American Experienceduring World War II

♣ 110,000 Americans ofJapanese descent“____________” at camps inWestern United States

♣ Executive Order ________ byFDR made it official

♣ Japanese ______ challenges= Korematsu v. United States(1944)♣ Ruled in favor of ___

___________♣ 1988 - ____________

awarded each survivinginternee $20,000

♣ ____________ U.S. apology

An Internment Camp - Manzanar

Japanese 442nd InfantryRegiment

♣ Japanese-American___________ unit

♣ Stationed in _______

♣ __________ highlydecorated unit in USmilitary history

♣ 21 ________ __ _______recipients

♣ Most of their familieswere “interned” in the US

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Japanese-Americans

Women in World War II America

♣ At Home…♣ Many _______

taken in absenceof men

♣ “________________________”

Women in World War II America

♣ Women in the ArmedServices

♣ _________, WAVEs,SPARs

♣ Served in different _____-___________ capacities

♣ Mostly _________, orsupport staff positions

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Women and the War Effort

World War II Culture Shift