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WWII: The Home Front. Ch 12.3. Monday, April 23, 2012. Daily goal: Understand the significance of Korematsu v US, the Bracero program and Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter. Rosie wasn’t a real woman, but a symbolic of every woman who worked a war job. Bracero Program. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WWII: The Home Front
Ch 12.3
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Monday, April 23, 2012
• Daily goal: • Understand the significance of Korematsu v
US, the Bracero program and Rosie the Riveter.
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Rosie the Riveter
• Rosie wasn’t a real woman, but a symbolic of every woman who worked a war job.
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Bracero Program
• The gov’t started the program to fix the labor shortage on farms by bringing Mexicans to the US as temporary workers.
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Fair Employment Practice Commission
• A. Philip Randolph pressured FDR create the FEPC to ensure “there shall be no discrimination in employment of workers in war industries.”
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Zoot Suit Riots
• Mexican Americans were attacked byZ• Rumors lead to riots breaking out between
sailors and zoot suiters all over the country.
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Japanese-American Internment
• FDR signed an order which gave the War Dept the right to make any part of the US a military zone and remove anyone they wanted from it.
• Japanese-Americans were ordered to “relocate” to internment camps.
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Korematsu v US
• Fred Korematsu refused to go the interment camps and sued the gov’t.
• The gov’t found that the relocation order was constitutional, because it was not based on race but “military urgency.”
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Rationing
• Rationing became necessary to ensure there would be enough for the War.
• Buying rationed items required the cash plus a ration book coupon.
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Victory gardens
• Americans were encouraged to grow Victory Gardens, which would leave more for the troops.
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E Bonds pay for the War
• The gov’t sold E Bonds and raised income taxes to pay for the war.
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Wages and Price Controls
• The OPA and OES were created to control wages and prices.
• The War Labor Board settled disputes to avoid strikes.