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Almost 5 million women joined the workforce– Replaced men who
were fighting– Held a variety of jobs
Women in Wartime
Offi ces Factories
Welders Police Offi cers
• Fictional woman factory worker, became the symbol of US women contribution to the war effort.
Rosie the Riveter
• Women Confidence ↑• Women’s Pay ↑• Working Conditions ↑
• Fashions change• Overalls and Scarves– NO SKIRTS ON THE JOB!
Woahhh! Pop-Culture!!!!Things always come back in style!...
African Americans at WarAA’s fought a Double V Campaign- Victory abroad over the enemy.
Victory at home over racial discrimination.
- Still discrimination at home: “Help Wanted. Whites only” signs replaced “No Help Wanted”
- FDR pushed to end racial discrimination in industry.
• AA employment doubled during WWII.• Racial tension increased as a result of
mixed living in cities and work places.• In 1943, race riots broke out in Detroit,
NYC, and other cities.
Racial Tensions
• Nearly 1 mil. AA’s served in WWII.
• All-AA units commanded by white officers.
• Looked passed the racism fought for country
Courage Under Fire
Tuskegee Airmen• AA fighter pilots trained at Tuskegee, AL• By end of war, they destroyed about 400
enemy aircrafts
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans who had been living in
the U.S. & were not connected to issues
abroad were met with a HUGE amount of racism
Most lived on west coast, or in Hawaii
Forced Relocation
• After PH, many Americans treated Japanese Americans poorly & questioned their loyalty
• Fear of spies BUT no evidence to support that fear
• FDR signed order allowing army to move Japanese Americans from their homes to relocation camps
• Many were U.S. citizens by birth
Japanese Internment Camps
• 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to sell their homes, farms or businesses at great loss• In camps, they lived in crowded
barracks behind barbed wire
Fighting in WWII
• Despite unfair treatment, thousands of Japanese American men served in the U.S. army
• Most were put into segregated units & sent to fight in Europe (more dangerous)
• *1988 – Congress apologized to
Japanese Americans who had been sent to camps during the war.
• * Congress then approved
compensation: repayment for losses - $20,000 to each camp
survivor
WOOOPS!!!
