Neutrality to War
These laws, passed in the mid-1930s, were designed to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars by restricting arms sales and loans.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
This iconic figure symbolized American women working industrial jobs during WWII.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This campaign called for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.
What is the Double V Campaign?
This style of dress, associated with Mexican American youth, became the focus of racial tensions during WWII.
What is a zoot suit?
This executive order authorized the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
What is Executive Order 9066?
This 1939 policy allowed the U.S. to sell arms to nations at war, as long as they paid upfront and transported the goods themselves.
What is Cash and Carry?
Due to this wartime condition, many women entered factories and defense industries.
What is a labor shortage?
This group of African American pilots served with distinction during WWII despite facing segregation.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This program brought Mexican laborers to the U.S. to work in agriculture during WWII.
What is the Bracero Program?
This all-Japanese American military unit became one of the most decorated in U.S. history despite discrimination at home.
What is the 442nd Infantry Regiment?
This event in December 1941 directly led the United States to abandon neutrality and enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Despite new job opportunities during WWII, women often experienced this economic inequality compared to men.
What is the wage gap or income inequality?
This executive order, issued by FDR, banned discrimination in defense industries and created the FEPC.
What is Executive Order 8802?
Despite increased job opportunities during WWII, Mexican Americans often still faced this social condition in housing, schools, and public spaces.
What is segregation?
In this Supreme Court case, the Court upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American incarceration.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This U.S. policy action in 1941 increased tensions with Japan before the war.
What is the Japan oil embargo?
These jobs, often in factories producing weapons, planes, and ships, were newly opened to many women during WWII.
What are defense industry jobs?
(accept: factory work / industrial jobs)
This 1943 violent conflict in a northern city highlighted racial tensions despite wartime unity.
What is the Detroit Race Riot?
Short-handled hoes that forced farmworkers to bend over while working.
What is El Cortito?
This term refers to second-generation Japanese Americans born in the United States.
What are Nisei?
Which U.S. policy most clearly supports the argument that the United States had abandoned true neutrality before 1941 by actively aiding one side in the war?
What is Lend-Lease?
This best explains why many gains women made in the workforce during WWII were limited after the war ended.
What is men returning from war leading to women being pushed out of jobs?
Identify one development that shows WWII did not fully improve conditions for African Americans.
What is continued segregation / race riots / discrimination in jobs and military?
This 1942 case involved Mexican American youth being unfairly convicted, highlighting discrimination in the justice system.
What is the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial?
Japanese Americans who answered “no-no” on the loyalty questionnaire were often sent to this camp.
What is Tule Lake?