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Tuesday, October 29 th

Tuesday, October 29 th. Do Now : Please grab a Cornell Notes sheet and have a seat at your assigned computer. You have the first 10 minutes of class to review vocab on the class wiki or retake pass-fail quizzes. Daily Agenda:. Do Now : Vocabulary Acquisition Word of the Day  futile

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Tuesday, October 29 th

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  1. Tuesday, October 29th Do Now: Please grab a Cornell Notes sheet and have a seat at your assigned computer. You have the first 10 minutes of class to review vocab on the class wiki or retake pass-fail quizzes.

  2. Daily Agenda: • Do Now: Vocabulary Acquisition • Word of the Day  futile • World War II Review • World War II on the Home Front Homework: Read and complete Unit 9.3 Notes (Pass/Fail Quiz upcoming)

  3. World War II Jeopardy Review

  4. Directions: • Each team will organize their members into an order for participation. • Participants will have 3 attempts to answer a question before being replaced by a team mate. • No assistance can be given from your team, so only participants should be talking. • The team that wins will receive 25 bonus points toward their homework average.

  5. Assigned Teams: • Team 1: Cassie, Joey, Alex, Joshua, Rachael • Team 2: Noah, Colleen, Cheyenne, Charlotte, Jaysa • Team 3: Jason, Paul, Anna, Cat, Patrick

  6. World War II On the Home Front

  7. Question #1 How specifically did the outbreak of World War II lead the nation to fully recover from the Great Depression?

  8. War Mobilization • War production boosted the federal budget from $9 billion to $100 billion • Personal incomes grew greatly, as much as 100% in some areas • With a lack of consumer goods available, most citizens saved much of their increased incomes • $40 billion was invested in the infrastructure of the Western United States, and 10% of federal funding went to California directly. • War took 15 million out of the workforce, but increased demand for production • Anti-Inflation Act (Office of Price Administration)  Could freeze prices, wages, salaries, and rents along with rationing of consumer goods like coffee, sugar, meat, butter, canned goods, shoes, tires, and gasoline.

  9. Question #2 How did the U.S. government ensure production while keeping the support of labor unions?

  10. Labor Reforms and Restrictions • Little Steel Formula  15% limit on wartime wage increases • “No Strike” Pledge  Automatic enrollment in unions for new workers, but no striking • Smith-Connally Act (War Labor Disputes Act)  Unions must wait 30 days before striking; president can seize war plants

  11. Question #3 What did the government do to mobilize the nation for war?

  12. War Mobilization • War Production Board “Superagency” failed to control military purchases or ensure the fair dispersal of military contract. • Office of War Mobilization Slightly more successful than WPB. • Mass production of war materials made possible by extensive assembly line system already present in US • National Defense Research Committee  Spent over $100 million on war research perfecting technologies like radar and sonar

  13. Question #4 What effect did World War II have on African-Americans?

  14. African-Americans during the War • Fair Employment Practices Commission  Investigated discrimination against blacks in War Industries • 2nd Great Migration • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)  Organized protests in segregated theaters and restaurants • Beginnings of desegregation in the military, largely due to success of Harlem Hell Fighters (WWI) and Tuskegee Airmen (WWII). • First integrated combat at Battle of the Bulge (2000 African-American volunteers) • 1948 – Integration of Military

  15. Question #5 Was World War II beneficial to Mexican-Americans?

  16. Mexican-American’s Experience • Braceros Contract workers admitted to the U.S. to work at specific jobs • Increased military service and factory work • Zoot Suit Riots illustrated the growing cultural tension in the U.S. toward Mexican-Americans

  17. Question #6 How did women’s lives change during World War II?

  18. Women and World War II • 60% increase in working women (generally married and older) • “Rosie the Riveter” fights attitudes of patronization • WACs, WAVEs, and “Government Girls” • “Latch-key keys” and the breakdown of traditional family roles

  19. Question #7 How were Japanese Americans treated during World War II?

  20. Japanese-Americans • Issei and Nissei only totaled about 127,000, but were passive about the war • Executive Order 9066  Interned Japanese-Americans into “relocation centers” • Korematsu vs. U.S.  relocation was constitutionally permissible • Other cases banned internment of “loyal” citizens • 1988  Reparations made in amount of $20,000 a survivor

  21. Question #8 How did the government deal with German and Italian-Americans during the war?

  22. Fascist-Americans? • During WWII, over 11,000 German-Americans were interned without charges • Over 1100 Italian Americans were arrested with 250 spending over 2 years imprisoned without charges • In both cases, enemy alien’s actions were scrutinized, jobs denied, residences relocated, and property confiscated under the War Relocation Authority (Executive Order 9012) • Neither German or Italian-Americans interned during the war have ever been granted a formal apology by the government

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