unit 9 world war ii america at war - mr. kramer's...
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HonorsUSHistory
Unit9–WorldWarIIAmericaatWar
JapaneseInternment• FortheU.S.,WWIIfarmorecomplexthanWWI
• Almostnogovernmentwitch-hunBngofminoritygroupsinWWII.
• TheexcepBon:110,000Japanese-AmericansonthePacificCoastforcedintoconcentra2oncamps.
TheHomeFront• TheBraceroprogramtobring
Mexicanlabor.• Thearmedservicesenlistednearly
216,000women.• Womenalsoworkedonthe
home-fronttakingjobsvacatedbymen.
TheHomeFront• ThewarhelpedtheAmericaneconomy-bytheendofthewarciBzens'disposableincomeshadsignificantlyrisen.
• RisingnaBonaldebtaTerWWII.Mostofthewarcostswereborrowed.
HonorsUSHistoryUnit9–WorldWarIIWarinthePacific
TheRisingSuninthePacific• InthePacific,AmericanforcesledbyGeneralMacArthur.
• TheAmericatroopsretreatedfromthePhilippines– BataanDeathMarch
TheCoralSeaandMidway• TheBaCleoftheCoralSea
-theU.S.stoppedtheJapaneseadvancement.
• FirstbaXleinwhichallthefighBngdonebycarrier-basedaircraT.
• TheBaXleofMidway-turningpointinthePacificwar.
TheCoralSeaandMidway
IslandHopping• BaXleofGuadalcanal–Startof“islandhopping”• TheU.S."leapfrogged"severalJapanese-heldislandsinthe
Pacific.• Thestrategywastotakenearbyislandsandthenlaysiegeto
thesurroundedislands.