World War II Part 2 2015-2016 - Ms. Solomon

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Chapter 12 Lesson 1

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September 1940

? Congress approved the Selective Training

and Service Act

? The first peacetime draft in American history

? Reaction to France surrendering to Germany

in June 1940

A government contract to pay a

manufacturer the cost to produce an

item plus a guaranteed percentage

? Basically it was a monetary incentive to

produce military goods quickly

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Disenfranchisement

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? To disenfranchise is

to deny the right to

vote

? Many AfricanAmericans didn¡¯t

want to support the

war because they

felt this way ?

thought how worse

could it be under

Hitler?

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Distrust

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Internment Camps

¡°Double V¡±

? Most agreed they

should support their

country though

? Led to ¡°Double V¡± =

victory over Hitler¡¯s

racism in Europe

and victory over

racism at home

? After Pearl Harbor, some Americans believed that

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Distrust

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Internment Camps

? After Pearl Harbor, some Americans believed that

Japanese Americans were not loyal to the United States.

? In 1942, people of Japanese ancestry (American citizens)

Japanese Americans were not loyal to the United States.

? In 1942, people of Japanese ancestry (American citizens)

were ordered to pack and relocate to 10 internment

camps farther inland.

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Other Groups Relocated

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Supreme Court Decisions

were ordered to pack and relocate to 10 internment

camps farther inland.

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Other Groups Relocated

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Supreme Court Decisions

? People of German and Italian descent were also interned.

? December 1944, the Supreme Court ruled that the

? People of German and Italian descent were also interned.

relocation was constitutional

? They later ruled that U.S. citizens could not be held against

their will so people were released from the camps.

? December 1944, the Supreme Court ruled that the

relocation was constitutional

? They later ruled that U.S. citizens could not be held against

their will so people were released from the camps.

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Belated Apology

? In 1988 President Ronald Reagan apologized

Belated Apology

? In 1988 President Ronald Reagan apologized

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Victory Gardens

Rationing

? War Bonds

? Scrap Drives

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Character from a

popular song

? She worked in a

factory while her

boyfriend served in

the Marines

? Images of her

appeared in

newspapers and

magazines

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