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The United States in World War II

The United States in World War II. Chapter 25. The Home Front. Section 4. While the war was going on, many Americans were able to start saving money. This was due in part to rationing. It would lead to an economic boom once the war was over.

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The United States in World War II

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  1. The United States in World War II Chapter 25

  2. The Home Front Section 4

  3. While the war was going on, many Americans were able to start saving money. This was due in part to rationing. It would lead to an economic boom once the war was over.

  4. Not all people were able to do this. More than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry (including 60 percent who were American citizens) were forcibly “relocated” from their homes, businesses and farms in the western states. They were sent to Internment Camps. From: http://www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_veterans_442nd.asp

  5. These camps were crowded, tarpaper barracks, in the desolate wind-swept desert.

  6. Families …and high divorce rates • The uncertainties of war & economic affluence of the 1940s led to a dramatic rise in marriage • The influx of women into the workforce led to a new demand for daycare centers & to an increase in child delinquency • Public health improved as more families had access to doctors, dentists, & prescription drugs

  7. African-Americans Banned discrimination in defense industries & gov’t • 1 million blacks served in U.S. military but few saw combat • Discrimination in the workforce led A. Philip Randolph to pressure FDR to create a Fair Employment Practices Committee • Continued black migration into the North & West made race relations a national issue

  8. Segregated units…again Tuskegee Airmen

  9. Double V: Victory at Home & Abroad A. Philip Randolph threatened a “March on Washington” to protest war time discrimination Other groups, like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), staged sit-ins in restaurants in major cities to protest discrimination

  10. Mexican-Americans • Mexican-Americans: • Served in quasi-segregated military units, often in the most hazardous branches • Mexican-American workers found jobs in SW agriculture & west coast industry • Faced discrimination, especially during the Zoot Suit Riots

  11. “Zoot Suit” Riot in Los Angeles

  12. Japanese-Americans • Due to Pearl Harbor, many in the U.S. feared Japanese-Americans were helping prepare for a Japanese invasion in the West • Civil liberties were restricted: • Issei had their assets frozen • Used racial stereotypes (“Japs”) • In 1942, FDR ordered 112,000 Japanese-Americans moved to internment camps Japanese who were not American citizens living in the U.S.

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