Pearl Harbor
America knew the Japanese were preparing an attack on the United States but did not know where.
True or False
True
The President of the United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Selective Training and Service Act
A plan for the first peace time draft in United States history.
Clothing with minimal material with no vest, no cuffs, a short jacket, and narrow lapels.
Victory Suit
Business leaders worked for the govt for a token salary of $1
Dollar-A-Year Men
The Japanese surprise attack on the United States navy in the Pacific Ocean
Pearl Harbor
Civil Rights activist who threaten to march on Washington because of racism.
A. Philip Randolph
To help raise money for the war effort what action did the American Government ask citizens to do?
Buy War Bonds
The relocation of Japanese-Americans to 10 places in the mid west during World War II.
Interment Camps
the act giving strategic materials, tanks, boats, ships, or food to countries deemed essential to the United States with no immediate payment
Lend-Lease
After the United States declared war on Japan who declared war on the United States
Germany
The symbol to promote the "CAN DO" attitude and encourage women to work to support the war effort
Rosie the Riveter
The United States encouraged Americans to have one of these to help the war effort.
Victory Garden
Winning against American and Hitler's racism
Double Victory
Paid companies to covert to make war materials and promised them they would make money
Cost-Plus
The United States stopped trading oil to Japan because?
Japan attacked China and southeast Asia
The air force created its first African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Trained in Alabama, the squadron helped win the Battle of Anzio in Italy, protected American bombers as they flew to their targets.
The Tuskegee Airmen
This government office tried to prevent strikes. Most American unions issued a "no strike pledge," instead asking the office to mediate wage disputes. By the end of the war, the it had helped settle more than 17,000 disputes.
War Labor Board (WLB)
In June 1943, after hearing rumors that zoot suiters had attacked several sailors, some 2,500 soldiers and sailors attacked Mexican American neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
Zoot Suit Riots
Rationing
System that passes out goods and makes sure everyone has their fair share
Japan attacked the United States because of this reason
The United States band or limited trade on strategic materials needed for war such as steel, iron, and most importantly oil.
About 300 women serving as pilots made more than 12,000 flights to deliver planes to the war effort.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)
This office was responsible for rationing
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS)
Executive Order 8802
No racism at work or Govt based on race
biased or misleading information, intentionally spread to influence public opinion, with a goal.
Propaganda