The Attack at Pearl Harbor
What date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
What event sparked the creation of Internment camps, and why?
Pearl Harbor; Americans were fearful of another attack and of Japanese Americans still being loyal to Japan.
What was the name of the oversight agency that was created by FDR to monitor factories and the production industry?
The War Production Board (WPB).
Why did African Americans and women start to receive factory jobs?
The white men who once has factory jobs now went into the war, which left gaps in the factories. These openings needed to be filled, so factory owners looked to African Americans and women.
What was the name of the D-Day battle?
The Battle of Normandy
The Japanese attacked Sunday morning, what is the reasoning for this?
The Japanese believed that Americans would be the least alert at that time.
Which executive order removed Japanese Americans from their homes and jobs in order to isolate them, and put them into Internment camps?
Executive order 9066
What was the War Production Board in charge of doing?
Chose which factories would change production to wartime goods, rationed the goods, and controlled the prices of goods and wages.
Which political cartoon was used to inspire women to join the homefront war efforts? (Hint: she was the most successful recruitment tool)
Rosie the Riverter
What day did D-Day occur?
June 6, 1944
What was the reason did Japan have behind the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese wanted to scare the Americans and prevent them from both interfering with military actions in Asia, and from entering the war. Another reason was that they wanted to gain control of the Pacific.
What type of conditions did the Japanese Americans have to endure in the Internment camps?
They were very crowded, whole families had to live in tarpaper barracks and ate in dining halls. Food was served army-style. Children went to schools within the camps and adults were given jobs in the camps with a $5 salary.
What benefit did the War Production Board have on the economy?
It pulled the U.S. out of a great depression because it provided jobs for many people and allowed American businesses to thrive.
What type of jobs were women and African Americans given on the war front?
Non-combat jobs
Which beaches were stormed during the D-Day attack?
Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and Omaha
What were the losses of the attack on Pearl Harbor? (Lives lost and ships sunk/damaged).
2,403 American lives and 21 sunk or damaged ships.
What were the reparations paid in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988?
Relocation of Japanese Americans was over-turned, a public apology was given, and each survivor was given $20,000.
What were some of the items rationed by the War Production Board?
Gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, paper, and plastics.
Which campaign was popular amongst the African Americans which detailed fighting for victory against dictators and also getting a victory against discrimination/segregation?
The "Double V" Campaign
What preparations/tactics for deception were used to prepare for D-Day?
Fake equipment and fake armies placed in England. The U.S. also set up armies along Pas-de-Calais so that the Germans thought they would strike there. They also used double agents and deceptive radio transmissions to try to trick the Germans.
What were the effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor in America?
The U.S. entered the war, prejudice against Japanese Americans, nationalism, and changes on the homefront.
How were Japanese Americans treated after they were released?
Many of them received hostility from Americans, who refused to let them re-enter some villages. They experienced extreme racism.
One example of a switch in goods produced is that silk and ribbon factories started to produce...
parachuets
What was the name of the group, mostly of women, that provided medical care to soldiers?
The Nurse Army Corps
What was the significance of D-Day?
The Allies turned the war against Germany, causing low German morale and determination in the U.S. to take Germany down.