Mexicans
What is the name of the program that allowed Mexican laborers to come to the U.S. to work in farms and companies due to the labor shortage during WWII.
What is The Bracero Program
The Tuskegee Airmen
About how many Japanese Americans were forced to relocate to "Internment" camps during WWII?
110,000
American heroine displayed in WWII propaganda posters to encourage women to join the labor force.
Rosie The Riveter
About how many Native Americans served in WWII?
44,000
About how many Mexican Americans served in the U.S. Military during WWII?
350,000
About how many African Americans served in WWII?
1 million
17,600 Nisei fought in the U.S. Army. What is the meaning of Nisei?
American Born Japanese Americans
True or False
Women earned the same wages as men during WWII?
False
Who is the most famous tribe of code talkers during WWII?
Navajo Code Talkers
During this event, sailors attacked Mexican American youth in Los Angeles because they portrayed the youth as unpatriotic hoodlums. The police took the side of the sailors by arresting more than 600 Mexican Americans.
What is the Zoot Suit Riots
Who was the labor organizer who pressured FDR to sign executive order 8802 to eliminate racial discrimination in war defense industrial jobs. This leader also threatened a march on Washington if FDR did not help African Americans get jobs.
A. Philip Randolph
What is the name of the Japanese American Man who filed a suit agains the U.S. Government for violating his civil liberties and citizenship rights?
Fred Korematsu
About how many women served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWII?
258,000
What tribe played a major role during WWII with their coded messages?
The Choctaw Code Talkers
Name of the Mexican American soldier who captured nearly 1000 Japanese during WWII. There was a movie made about his heroic act, but his character was played by a blond, blue eyed actor.
Who is Guy Gabaldon
This civil rights group was created in 1942 to mobilize the people to end segregation in the U.S.
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
$20,000
What was the name of the all women baseball league during WWII?
All American Girls Professional Women's League
Ira Hayes
What is the name of the leader of the American GI Forum? He also pressured for the proper burial of soldier Felix Longoria.
Who is Hector Garcia
In the Great Migration during WWI many African Americans moved from the South to the North, but in the Second Great Migration during WWII, many African Americans moved to the _________
West
48 hours
What is the name of the Government agency that regulated the prices of food and rations of goods and prices during WWII?
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
True or False
Native Americans were the largest contributors per capita to the armed forces with over 10% of their population.
True