Do Now – Answer on ½ sheet

1. Do Now – Answer on ½ sheet • 1. What was the primary reason that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor? • 2. What kind of impact did Pearl Harbor have on Japanese-Americans? • 3. Describe how the Korematsu v. U.S. decision was similar to Scheck v. U.S. from WWI.

2. Focus • Once the U.S. entered World War II, it prepared for war in a similar way to how the U.S. prepared for World War I.

3. Home Front in World War II • 1940—Congress begins a peacetime draft • Over 10 million Americans fight in WWII • 6 million women took wartime jobs • “Rosie the Riveter”

4. Home Front in World War II • Just like during World War I, people bought war bonds to help pay for the cost of the war • The government made rationing for many products mandatory

5. Home Front in World War II • Demand for wartime jobs led to a major movement of African-Americans to northern cities • African-American troops were segregated during the war • African-American troops saw less discrimination in Europe than home in America • “Double V” campaign • Victory against fascism (in Europe and Asia) and racism (in U.S.)

6. Home Front in World War II • 1944—The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act • The G. I. Bill • The government provided: • College tuition • Low-interest mortgages • Loans for starting businesses or farms • Purpose? • To avoid return to depression • To reward soldiers for their sacrifice in war

7. Closing • In what ways was the preparation for World War II similar to World War I?