Cost of the War
The war cost Americans:
a. $250 billion
b. $190 billion
c. $330 billion
c. $330 billion
Activities beginning in 1940-1941 as protests against working conditions
Strikes
The federal government began drafting policies aimed toward immigrants after this disaster
Pearl Harbor
Jobs were so ... that factories began employing workers outside of their usual pool of mostly white men
a. scarce
b. abundant
a. scarce
Few African Americans found meaningful jobs after ...
Pearl Harbor
Items that were rationed
Food and raw materials
Volunteers boosted the morale of those who were fighting in the war
United Service Organizations (USO)
German, Italian, and Japanese "aliens" were subject to arrest or deportation
Executive Order 9066
More ... and ... found jobs opportunities in defense industries
a. women, African Americans
b. women, Japanese
c. women, Native Americans
a. women, African Americans
Cities that boomed due to migration
Detroit and Chicago
Americans were issued coupon books that limited the amount of certain goods that †hey good buy
Rationing
Industry that produced documentaries and movies which showed patriotic Americans and stereotypical portrayals of the enemy.
Hollywood
Evacuees were forced to ... property and ...
a. sell, only take necessary things
b. share, give their possessions away
c. buy more, more possesions
a. sell, only take necessary things
First appeared in a 1942 song
Rosie the Riveter
Labor leader who asserted that African Americans would no longer accept second class citizenship
A. Philip Randolph
Citizens lend the government money in order to help fund the war
War Bond
Solved most issues and disagreements amongst people
National War Labor Board
Temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group
Policy of Internment
a. 1/2
b. 1/4
c. 1/3
c. 1/3
Fought to apply non-violent protests to fight segregation
Congress of Racial Equality
An organization, created by FDR to manage the peoples worry of inflation and increasing prices, which would have the authority to control wages and set maximum prices.
Office of Price Administration
Worked closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort
Office of War Information (OWI)
All Nisei soldiers, fought in the Italian campaign and became the most decorated military unit
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Federal government spent $50 million on building ... during the increase of women and mothers working
Day-Care centers
Issued by FDR that assured fair hiring practices