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Good Morning!!!. NVC Finish Japanese Internment Other minorities affected by WWII Navajo Codetalkers Essential Question : How were minority groups affected by WWII?. Japanese-Americans. Executive Order 9066 Interment of “enemy aliens” aka ALL Japanese-Americans

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  1. Good Morning!!! • NVC • Finish Japanese Internment • Other minorities affected by WWII • Navajo Codetalkers Essential Question: How were minority groups affected by WWII?

  2. Japanese-Americans • Executive Order 9066 • Interment of “enemy aliens” aka ALL Japanese-Americans • Why did the USA intern Japanese Americans? Do you find this reason convincing? • Korematsu v. United States: Supreme court says internment is okay • “the ugly abyss of racism”—Justice Murphy

  3. African-Americans • Tuskegee Airmen first black Air Corps unit • Combating discrimination in the military • Double V campaign: “Victory over Fascism in Europe, Victory over racism in America” • Combating discrimination at home • Blacks still discriminated against on both fronts

  4. Mexican-Americans • New opportunities to serve in the military • “Why fight for America when you have not been treated as an American?” • New job opportunities • High-paying industrial jobs • “Bracero” farm workers • Discrimination • Segregated barrios • Zoot Suit Riots: organized beatings of Mex-Americans

  5. Jewish-Americans • Holocaust: German genocide of Jews in Europe • U.S. does nothing due to discrimination, and even sends Jews back to Europe • Jewish-Americans urge government to help • War Refugee Board: relocates Jews to Africa and Europe, not America

  6. Native Americans

  7. Japan Pearl Harbor Double V campaign Bracero program 4 Freedoms Rationing Fascism Appeasement Poland Zoot Suit Riots Women Korematsu Price Controls Internment Camps Lend Lease

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