Thurrrrrsssdaaaaayyyyy!!

• We have a quiz on Day 1 of World War II.• Look over your notes from Monday.

WWII: Life on the Home Front

• How did the Second World War affect the US economy?

• What role did women and minority groups play in World War II?

Four minority groups were particularly affected by the Second World War

Women African Americans

Japanese Americans Navajo Indians (Native Americans)

Based on the pictures, which groups do you think benefited? Which were affected negatively?

Women African Americans

Japanese Americans Najavo Indians (Native Americans)

Women entered manufacturing jobs

that men left behind when they went overseas to fight

1941-14.6 million women in the workforce

1944-19.4 million women in the workforce

"Do the Job He Left Behind" was a campaign slogan that emphasized women’s patriotism for the war effort.

Rosie the Riveter

The War Production Board helped turn the industry from peacetime into a manufacturing WAR MACHINE.

   

Nurses in the armyWomen also became nurses overseas

The US is still in segregation during WWII…the military is segregated as well

Plessy v. Ferguson…“Separate but equal”

Segregated military

Tuskegee Airmen• The Tuskegee Airmen

formed the first African American fighting unit in the US military

• They were permitted to enter the military and fight once the US faced mounting casualties

• 445 deployed, 150 died in combat

Tuskegee Airmen

• 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses

• 14 Bronze Stars• 744 Air Medals• 8 Purple Hearts

Navajo Code Talkers

• Members of the Navajo tribe, a Native American tribe mainly from the New Mexico area, were recruited to speak in code to prevent the Japanese from intercepting American messages

Navajo Code Chart (Examples)Alphabet Navajo Word Literal Translation

A Wol-La-Chee Ant

B Na-Hash-Chid Badger

C Moasi Cat

D Be Deer

E Ah-Jah Ear

F Ma-E Fox

Country Navajo Word Literal Translation

Africa Shin-Ni Blackies

Alaska Beh-Hga With Winter

America Ne-He-Mah Our Mother

Germany Bech-Be-Cha-He Iron Hat

Russia Sila-Gol-Chi-Ih Red Army

Japanese-American Internment

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans became afraid that Japanese-Americans were a threat to the national security of the United States.

Japanese-American Internment

Acting on these fears, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which declared that all Japanese Americans must report to internment camps.

Japanese-American Internment

Japanese-American Internment

Japanese-American InternmentIn the case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court said that Japanese internment was constitutional (legal).

They said it was for a military purpose meant to benefit the war effort, and therefore not an act of discrimination.

Japanese-American Internment

Remember Schenck v. US?

This shows, once again, that civil rights sometimes don’t apply to all people at all times.

Group Assignment• In your group you will have 15 minutes to

complete each section.• At the end of the 15 minutes I will rotate the

media packets.• You must work quickly and quietly as you discuss

these primary sources and answer the questions.• I will not accept work that is not in complete

sentences.• Absolutely no copying answers, discuss the topic

so everyone understands.