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Name:_________________________________ Class Period:_______________ Date:________________
World War II
Part 2: War on the Home Front
Goal: Analyze the impact that World War II had on the U.S. economy and minorities.
What are the four groups of minorities that were most affected by World War II?
1._________________________
benefited/affected negatively
2._________________________
benefited/affected negatively
3._________________________
benefited/affected negatively
4._________________________
benefited/affected negatively
Women at War
-__________________ entered manufacturing jobs that ____________ left behind when they
went overseas to fight.
- Women produced war time goods. (Guns, Ammunition, Ships, Planes)
 ________________________________ became a symbol of the patriotism that
went along with women in the workplace during World War II.
o Rosie’s worked on all phases of manufacturing, from electrical wiring to
putting the finishing touches on a bomber.
 The _________________________________ helped turn the industry from peacetime
into a manufacturing WAR MACHINE.
 As manufacturing and production increased, the US GDP rose the economy dramatically
improved.
-Women also served as ________________ during the war.
African Americans in World War II
 The U.S. is segregated during WWII…the military is segregated as well. Remember
Plessy v Ferguson? (_________________ but _________)
I. Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen formed the ____________________________ in the US
military.

They were permitted to enter the military and fight once the US began to face
mounting casualties.

_______ Tuskegee Airmen were deployed. __________ were killed in action. See
awards on p. 595. There are many!!!!

Many African-American Women served as nurses in the segregated United States
Military taking care of the black units that they were deployed with.
Name:_________________________________ Class Period:_______________ Date:________________
Native Americans in World War II
I. Navajo Code Talkers

Members of the Navajo tribe, a Native American tribe mainly from the New
Mexico area, were recruited to speak in code to prevent the Japanese from
_____________________________________.

Recall what we did to the Native American tribes during Westward Expansion…
o Efforts to destroy the Native American culture and people

Assimilation, ________________. Indian Wars, Killing of the
buffalo

“We took away their country and their means of support, broke up
their mode of living, their habits of life, and it was for this they
made war.” -General Philip Sheridan
 We tried to destroy their culture…but how did we use their culture to win WWII?
Japanese Americans During WWII
I. Japanese-American Internment

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans became afraid that
Japanese-Americans were a ______________ to the national security of the
United States.

Acting on these fears, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed ______________
______________________, which declared that all Japanese Americans must
report to internment camps.

These Japanese-Americans had to pack up their lives and leave their homes
behind.

Some left behind businesses and jobs that they would have difficulty regaining
upon their return.
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Internment camps were crowded, too hot in the summer, and too cold in the
winter.

In the case ____________________ v. United States, the Supreme Court said that
Japanese internment was constitutional (legal).

The ruling stated it was for _______________ meant to benefit the war effort,
and therefore not an act of discrimination.