AMERICAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE 7.5 – The Home Front (365-372) |
Heading Section Title Section # Write the questions; number them per the study guide Highlight vocabulary (use all terms from the list that appear in the textbook) Respond with a well supported paragraph (nearly always) Skip a line after each item. |
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A. Patriotism on the Home Front OBJECTIVE: Examine how the need to support the war effort changed American lives. | |
1. How did the government finance the war? [p 365] | 1. Introduction 2. The Financial Cost of the War 1. War bond |
2. How did the government seek to control inflation and shortages caused by the transition from consumer good production to war materials production? [p 365+] | 3. Controlling Shortages 2. Office of Price Administration 3. War Production Board ** 4. Rationing 5. Victory Gardens 6. Black Market |
3. Why was there labor unrest? [p 366] | 4. Labor Unrest 7. National War Labor Board |
4. How did the government attempt to keep morale high? [p 366] | 5. Raising Morale 8. Office of War Information (OWI) 9. Frank Capra / Why We Fight 10. United Service Organizations (USO) 11. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without” |
B. Japanese Internment During World War II OBJECTIVE: Analyze the effects of the war on civil liberties for Japanese Americans and others. | |
5. How did the government treat individuals labeled as resident enemy aliens? [p 367] 6. Why were resident enemy aliens forced out of the West Coast? [p 367] 7. Why were Japanese Americans treated more harshly than other enemy groups? [p 367] | 1. Introduction 2. Executive Order 9066 12. Executive Order 9066 13. Issei 14. Nisei |
8. How were the Japanese Americans treated in internment camps? [p 367+] | 3. Japanese Americans Are Interned 15. Internment |
9. How did some Japanese Americans contribute to the war effort? [p 368] | 4. Japanese Americans Fight for Rights 16. Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) 17. Korematsu v. United States (1944) 18. Fred Korematsu ** 19. 442nd Regimental Combat Team 20. Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) ** 21. Restitution ** |
C. Increased Opportunities in Employment OBJECTIVE: Explain how World War II increased opportunities for women and minorities. | |
10. Identify the key points about women's contributions to the war effort. [p 369] | 1. Introduction 2. Women Work in Defense Industries 22. Rosie the Riveter |
11. How did the war change the lives of children? [p 369] 12. How did the war change the lives of women? [p 369+] | 3. Wartime Work Changes Women’s Lives 23. Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WACs) |
13. How did African American leaders, such as A. Philip Randolph, use WWII to advance civil rights for African Americans? [p 370] | 4. African Americans Seek Employment Opportunities 24. Double V Campaign 25. A. Philip Randolph |
14. How did FDR avoid the embarrassment of Randolph’s proposed civil rights march on Washington, D.C.? [p 370] 15. How did CORE seek to impact civil rights in America? [p 370] | 5. Roosevelt Issues Executive Order 8802 26. Executive Order 8802 827. Fair Employment Practices Committee 28. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) |
D. Migration During World War II OBJECTIVE: Describe how World War II caused migration within the United States and the effects of that migration. | |
On your own paper, by hand, recreate the table shown below and complete it. [p 371+] | 1. Introduction 2. Workers on the Move 29. Demographics 3. Migration Changes Farming 30. Bracero Program 4. Conflict Springs From Migration 31. Zoot Suits / Zoot Suit Riots ** |
D. Migration During World War II
Regions of the country that experienced population increases as a result of WWII (bulleted list) | |
Define “demographics” | |
Impact of Migration on Various Groups | |
Native Americans | |
Farmers | |
Teenagers | |
POWs (Prisoners of war) | |
Mexican migrant workers | |
Mexican American youth | |