1 / 20

Thurrrrrsssdaaaaayyyyy ! !

Thurrrrrsssdaaaaayyyyy ! !. We have a quiz on Day 1 of World War II. Look over your notes from Monday. WWII: Life on the Home Front. How did the Second World War affect the US economy? What role did women and minority groups play in World War II? .

luella
Download Presentation

Thurrrrrsssdaaaaayyyyy ! !

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Thurrrrrsssdaaaaayyyyy!! • We have a quiz on Day 1 of World War II. • Look over your notes from Monday.

  2. WWII: Life on the Home Front • How did the Second World War affect the US economy? • What role did women and minority groups play in World War II?

  3. Four minority groups were particularly affected by the Second World War Women African Americans Navajo Indians (Native Americans) Japanese Americans

  4. Based on the pictures, which groups do you think benefited? Which were affected negatively? Women African Americans Najavo Indians (Native Americans) Japanese Americans

  5. Women entered manufacturing jobs that men left behind when they went overseas to fight 1941-14.6 million women in the workforce 1944-19.4 million women in the workforce

  6. Rosie the Riveter "Do the Job He Left Behind" was a campaign slogan that emphasized women’s patriotism for the war effort.

  7. The War Production Board helped turn the industry from peacetime into a manufacturing WAR MACHINE.

  8. Nurses in the armyWomen also became nurses overseas

  9. The US is still in segregation during WWII…the military is segregated as well Plessy v. Ferguson… “Separate but equal” Segregated military

  10. Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen formed the first African American fighting unit in the US military They were permitted to enter the military and fight once the US faced mounting casualties 445 deployed, 150 died in combat

  11. Tuskegee Airmen 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses 14 Bronze Stars 744 Air Medals 8 Purple Hearts

  12. 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 intercepting American messages

  13. Navajo Code Chart (Examples)

  14. Japanese-American Internment After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans became afraid that Japanese-Americans were a threat to the national security of the United States.

  15. Japanese-American Internment Acting on these fears, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which declared that all Japanese Americans must report to internment camps.

  16. Japanese-American Internment

  17. Japanese-American Internment

  18. Japanese-American Internment In the case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court said that Japanese internment was constitutional (legal). They said it was for a military purpose meant to benefit the war effort, and therefore not an act of discrimination.

  19. Japanese-American Internment Remember Schenck v. US? This shows, once again, that civil rights sometimes don’t apply to all people at all times.

  20. Group Assignment • In your group you will have 15 minutes to complete each section. • At the end of the 15 minutes I will rotate the media packets. • You must work quickly and quietly as you discuss these primary sources and answer the questions. • I will not accept work that is not in complete sentences. • Absolutely no copying answers, discuss the topic so everyone understands.

More Related