WWII  America  and  Minorities                                                                      

 

Internment  of  Japanese-­‐Americans                              

 Using  this  site  please  answer  the  next  2  questions:  http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/index.html    Please  go  to  the  History  link  that  is  on  the  home  page:  

1. What  day  and  year  was  the  attack  on  Pearl  Harbor?  2. Please  provide  the  name  and  brief  description  of  the  Executive  Order  issued  by  

President  Roosevelt  in  1942  regarding  the  relocation  of  Japanese-­‐Americans.  Do  you  believe  the  Executive  Order  was  necessary?  

 Using  these  site  please  answer  the  next  4  questions:  http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Exhibit/layout.html  http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Exhibit/housing.html  http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Exhibit/food.html    

1. How  many  Japanese-­‐  Americans  were  forced  into  The  Puyallup  Assembly  Center?  2. Describe  the  living  conditions  for  Japanese-­‐Americans  at  Puyallup.  Was  it  clean?  

Was  it  adequate?  What  was  it  like?    3. Imagine  living  there…  Do  you  think  you  could?  How  do  you  think  Japanese  

Americans  felt  leaving  their  home  to  come  to  Puyallup?  4. Was  there  adequate  food?  What  were  Japanese-­‐Americans  given  to  eat?  

 Using  this  site  please  watch  the  video  and  answer  the  last  3  questions:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mr97qyKA2s    

1. Were  the  camps  voluntary?  What  could  they  Japanese-­‐  Americans  bring  with  them  to  the  camps?  How  many  Japanese  were  interned?    

2. Please describe "Korematsu v. United States" (1944). Do you think the Supreme Courts decision was fair?  

3. Do  you  think  these  conditions  and  camps  were  fair?  4. How  did  this  video  better  your  understanding  of  Japanese-­‐  American  internment?    

Women  in  America                                

   Please  use  this  site  to  answer  the  next  5  questions:  http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm    

1. How  did  World  War  II  transform  women's  roles  in  society?  2. What  types  of  jobs  did  women  begin  to  do?    Find  the  number  of  women  working  in  

each  of  these  occupations.  3. How  did  women's  participation  in  the  workforce  transform  the  war?  4. Who  were  the  women  victims  of  the  war  and  what  happened  to  them?  5. Describe  women's  working  conditions  (wages,  uniforms,  discrimination  after  war)  

and  Rosie  the  Riveter.    Do  you  think  the  working  conditions  for  women  were  fair?      Please  use  this  film  to  answer  the  next    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGp93ijzok4    

1. How  are  women  portrayed  in  the  propaganda  film?  2. In  the  film  what  ways  to  they  try  to  recruit  women  to  join  the  military?  3. In  the  film  what  are  some  reasons  pointed  out  for  why  women  wouldn’t  want  to  join  

the  military  and  how  do  they  knock  down  those  reasons?  4. What  are  the  jobs  of  women  in  the  military?  5. Would  this  film  had  made  you  want  to  join  the  military  effort  if  you  were/  are  a  

woman?                  

The  Efforts  of  African  Americans                            

Please  use  this  site  to  answer  the  next  2  questions:  http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-­‐hear/collections/focus-­‐on/tuskegee-­‐airmen.html    

1. Who  were  the  Tuskagee  airmen  and  how  did  they  get  their  name?  2. Where  were  the  African-­‐American  fighter  pilots  sent  for  combat  duty?  What  was  the  

typical  job  of  an  military  officer  at  this  time?    

Please  use  this  site  to  answer  the  next  3  questions:  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology    

1. Name  the  important  events  leading  up  to  President  Harry  Truman  enacting  the  Executive  Order  Number  9981.    

2. Why  do  you  think  President  Harry  Truman  did  it?  3. What  was  the  importance  of  President  Harry  Truman  enacting  Executive  Order  

Number  9981  in  1948?    

Please  use  this  site  to  answer  the  next  question:  http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=43307    

1. What  President  awarded  seven  African-­‐American  veterans  of  World  War  II  our  nation's  highest  military  award,  the  Medal  of  Honor,  and  in  what  year?    

Please  use  this  video  to  answer  the  next  4  questions:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GMZypnUhPs  

1. Why  do  you  think  the  military  remained  segregated  until  1948?  2. Were  African  American  units  intended  to  enter  the  war?  3. What  were  African  American  troops  referred  to?  Do  you  think  it  was  racist?    4. Why  did  the  troops  call  themselves  the  “Lost  Battalion”?  Why  do  you  think  white  

generals  were  reluctant  to  send  African  American  troops  to  war?