WW2

Question 1

Fighting against Fascism abroad and at home

Answer 1

Double V campaign

Question 2

Executive Order 8802 (Roosevelt)

Answer 2

1941
End discrimination in defence industry jobs creating FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) to enforce
Federal government’s first substantive act to support racial equality since Reconstruction

Question 3

political improvements

Answer 3

1941 exec order 8802 + created FEPC

1948 exec order 9981

Question 4

economic improvements

Answer 4

FEPC - end discrimination in defense industry jobs
CORE - improved income + socioeconomic autonomy
war minimum wage
black women job opportunities in industry
1940-1945 average income for black worker rose 40-50% of average white worker

Question 5

social improvements

Answer 5

Double V campaign
NAACP membership rose 50,000-400,000 1940-1945
CORE increased unionisation + socioeconomic autonomy
great migration to north
US strong racial consciousness, soldiers saw different attitudes from other societies
living standards improved

Question 6

cultural improvements

Answer 6

magazines NAACP’S ‘the Crisis’, black press urge for Double V campaign