17.4 The Homefront Flashcards
In contrast to the GD what was WWII
an time of opportunity
Unemployment fell how much
1.2 percent
What rose
average weekly pay, but there were still problems with long hours and overtime
How did Farmers change
Farmers prospered and they benefited from improvements in farm macinery and fertilizers and reaped profits in growing prices
Women also enjoyed what
Employment and got jobs ind defense plants which offered women more challenging work and better pay. There were womens in other proffessions
What were population shifts
- AA moved up north
- Defense towns saw an increase in population
- CA got an increase
How did families adjust to the war
- Fathers had to go fight
- Mothers had to work
- Sweethearts got married quickers
- Children often got into trouble
- GI bill provided education for training and verterns paid for by the FD
Hwo did African Americans Advance
- James Farmer founded an interracial organization
- What did CORE do? Confronted urban segregation in the norht
3 When AA migrants moved into overcrowded cities, there was racial violence
What was the Zoot Suit
It was a dress adopted by MExican American youth rebels. When it was complained by soldiers in LA siad that they were attacked, many people poured into MA neighborhoods and started attacking
Why were Japanese Americans Internment
Panic Stricken citizens feared that the Japs would atttack the US. When the were frighted stupid rumors came about. The fear made the US War Department call for a mass evacuation of all Japanese Citizens in the Pacific to camps.
What was the Japanese American Citizen’s League?
It pushed the government to compensate thos e sent to the camps for their lost propertyy. IT called for the payment or reparations to each individuals that Ronald Reagan had to sign
What was Korematus v. US
The Supreme court justified that the governmetn’s actions of mass evacuation of people was jutified with military necessity
