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World War II Home Front Activities: Ken Burns Film NAME: _______________________ CLIP ONE: WARTOWN 1. How did American factories gear up for war production? What type of logistics were necessary for this mobilization? How was the government involved? 2. Describe some of the changes that factories of civilian products would have to go through to convert to military production. 3. Describe the impact on Mobile, Alabama (infrastructure and services) due to large numbers of people moving there to seek employment. 4. What does “Rosie the Riveter” symbolize for women entering the workforce during World War II? How did attitudes about women in the workplace change? How many women were in the workforce by 1943? CLIP TWO: RATIONING AND RECYCLING 1. List some of the major items that civilians were asked to ration, recycle or just go without during WW2. How was rationing managed? 2. How were these items used in the war effort? 3. How do you explain the contradiction between Americans whose act of rationing and recycling made them feel they were part o the war effort and the emergence of a black market for goods during the war? CLIP THREE: DOUBLE V CAMPAIGN African American Troops: 1. Why were African American soldiers asked to fight in segregated units in WW2? 2. Describe a couple of changes (opportunities) that occurred for A.A. soldiers during the war. Why did things change? 3. What is the Double V campaign? 4. How did many A.A. resolve the inherent conflict of fighting for a country that did not grant them the full rights of citizenship? CLIP FOUR: JAPANESE AMERICANS AND INTERNMENT 1. Why do you think only the Japanese Americans on the West Coast were affected by Executive Order 9066? 2. What was the social and personal impact of the internment—for those sent to the camps and those left behind? 3. Was the government justified in sending Japanese Americans to relocation camps purely on the basis of ethnicity? Why or why not? What would other options have been? 4. Do you see any similarities in American after Pearl Harbor and after 9-11 in regards to discrimination towards minorities? Explain?? 5. Read the attached primary source document: Instructions To All Persons of Japanese Ancestry. a. what surprises you the most as you read the list of instructions to be observed? b. What does it mean when saying “all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien?