Acronyms
What does OWI stand for?
What is "Office of War Information"
This is "designation of certain spaces as war zones where people could be removed for any reason"
What is "Executive Order 9066"
What was the beacon for women workers during WW2?
What is "Rosie the Riveter"
These two locations were set as prison camps in America during WW2.
What is Poston, Arizona and Jerome, Arkansas
How much did WW2 cost the United States?
What is $330 billion
What does CORE stand for?
What is "Congress of Racial Equality"
This government office was created to focus on controlling wages and setting max prices on items
What is "Office of Price Administration"
This is the number of children who were pushed into daycare centers when women had to go to work.
What is "130,000"
People moved west to this state to work in shipyards and other factories
What is California
These were made in order to ration food and items during WW2
What are coupon books
What does NAACP stand for?
What is "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
This is fair hiring practices and creation of the "Fair Employment Practice Committee"
What is "Executive Order 8802"
The government was forced to spend $50 million on these as women were expected to go to work
What are "daycare centers"
Besides the South, what two major cities boomed during the wartime economic industrial boom?
What is Detroit and Chicago
These are statistics showing human characteristics like age and race
What are demographics
What does USO stand for?
These two names were created for Japanese immigrants during WW2
What is "Nisei" and "Issei"
These individuals worked on farms because they were too young to enlist in the war and wanted support their mothers who were working as well
What are teenagers
This city is where 25 African Americans and 9 white Americans were killed during riots over affordable housing for African Americans.
What is "Detroit"
Leaders would strive for two victories over these ideas in the "Double V" campaign
What is fascism and discrimination
How many members did the NAACP grow to during the work boom during WW2?
What is 500,000 members
This program helped laborers in Mexico come to the United States for work on farms.
What is the "Bracero Program"
What three items were expected to be made by women in factories at a high rate?
What is "welding planes, sewing uniforms and creating artillery shells"
Where did the government present information to the American people during WW2?
What is the media (paper, video, speeches"
Why were Native Americans so important during WW1 and WW2?
What is their code talking ability