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War and Relocation
US History/Napp
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“The attack on Pearl Harbor created fear among many Americans, especially along the
West coast, that Japanese Americans might commit acts of sabotage. These fears seemed
racially motivated, since there was no evidence that Japanese Americans were disloyal.
Nonetheless, Roosevelt issued an Executive Order forcing Japanese Americans to relocate
to internment camps. In the camps, they lived in primitive and crowded conditions.
Roosevelt justified these measures as a military necessity. The Supreme Court upheld
these relocations in Korematsu v. U.S.
Korematsu was a Japanese American convicted of continuing to remain in a restricted
area. He believed his constitutional rights had been violated. The Supreme Court upheld
Roosevelt’s order on the grounds that constitutional liberties may be limited in wartime.”
~ The Key to Understanding U.S. History and Government
Questions:
1- What had the attack on Pearl Harbor created?
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2- In what part of the United States, were Americans most concerned?
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3- What did Americans believe about Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor?
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4- What did these fears seem to be based on?
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5- What did President Roosevelt do in response to these fears?
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6- Describe the internment camps.
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7- In what case did the Supreme Court uphold the relocations of Japanese Americans?
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8- Who was Korematsu?
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9- What did Korematsu believe?
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10- What did the Supreme Court rule in Korematsu v. U.S.?
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Analyze the chart:
The Draft:
 All men between 18 and 45 were liable for military service.
 One million African Americans served in segregated units and for the first time,
women could also enlist.
Wartime Production:
 Special advisory boards managed wartime production.
 Essential goods like gasoline were rationed.
The Labor Force:
 The draft and the expansion of production ended the Great Depression.
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Women, African Americans, and other minorities worked in factories as other
workers went to war.
The Financial Cost:
 The war cost $350 billion – ten times the cost of World War I.
 Americans bought war bonds to finance the war.
 The U.S. changed from a creditor to a debtor nation.
~ The Key to Understanding U.S. History
Identify five ways in which World War II changed the United States:
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Do You Remember?
Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union:
 Hitler’s greatest mistakeinvading the Soviet Union and declaring war on the U.S.
before defeating Britain
D-Day:
 On June 6, 1944 – “D-Day” – Allied troops landed in France
 American, British, and Free French forces then invaded Germany from the west,
while the Soviet forces invaded from the east; Germany surrendered in May 1945
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb:
 Fearing that an invasion of the Japanese islands would lead to a million American
casualties, President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan
 On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and on August 9, a
second bomb exploded over Nagasaki
The Nuremberg Trials:
 The Allies put the surviving Nazi leaders on trial for “crimes against humanity” in
Nuremberg, Germany
 The Nuremberg Trials demonstrated that individuals are responsible for their
actions, even in times of war and tried and punished Nazi leaders for the committing
crimes against humanity during the Holocaust
Questions:
1- What was Hitler’s greatest mistake? Why?
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2- What was D-Day?
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3- How did the opening of a second front affect Germany?
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4- Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs?
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5- What were the Nuremberg Trials and what did the trials demonstrate?
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6- What crimes against humanity did the Nazis commit?
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1. During World War II, women and
minorities made economic gains
mainly because
(1) a shortage of traditional labor
created new opportunities in the
workplace
(2) more educational opportunities
increased the number of skilled
workers in these groups
(3) labor unions successfully demanded
equal opportunities for these groups
(4) new civil rights legislation forced
businesses to change their hiring
practices
2. A major cause of the internment of
Japanese Americans during World
War II was
(1) national segregation policies
(2) immigration quotas
(3) racial prejudice
(4) economic depression
3. A violation of civil rights that
occurred in the United States during
World War II was the
(1) arrests made as a result of the
Palmer raids
(2) passage of an open immigration law
(3) internment of Japanese Americans
(4) forced removal of Native American
Indians from their reservations
4. President Harry Truman’s decision
to use atomic bombs against Japan
was primarily based on his belief that
(1) an invasion of Japan would result in
excessive casualties
(2) Germany would refuse to surrender
in Europe
(3) an alliance was developing between
Japan and the Soviet Union
(4) Japan was in the process of
developing its own atomic weapons
5. Which precedent was established by
the Nuremberg war crimes trials?
(1) National leaders can be held
responsible for crimes against
humanity.
(2) Only individuals who actually
commit murder during a war can be
guilty of a crime.
(3) Defeated nations cannot be forced to
pay reparations.
(4) Defeated nations can be occupied by
the victors.
6. In 1988, Congress voted to pay
$20,000 to each of the surviving
Americans of Japanese descent who
were interned during World War II
because
(1) the danger of war with Japan no
longer existed
(2) all of the interned Japanese
Americans eventually became
American citizens
(3) the World Court ordered the United
States to pay reparations
(4) many Americans believed the
internment was unjust and
unnecessary
7. As World War II was ending, the
United States decided to join the
United Nations mainly because the
United States
(1) sought to meet the American public’s
overwhelming demand for free-trade
agreements
(2) wanted to continue to play the same
role it had in the League of Nations
(3) recognized that efforts to achieve
world peace required United States
involvement
(4) wanted to stop the growing influence
of newly independent developing
nations
Analyze the following images:
Explain the meaning of the political cartoon.
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Explain the photograph.
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Explain the meaning of the political cartoon.
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Explain the meaning of the cartoon.