the home front. popeye – “you’re a sap mr. jap
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Popeye – “You’re A Sap Mr. Jap
Families in Wartime
38) What strain did the war place on marriages and families?
- Emerging trends…
39) Social problems on the home front…
The strain on families…• Housing shortages…• Rationing…• Balancing work & households…• Lack of child care…• Latchkey kids…• Juvenile delinquency…• High school drop-outs…
Other war time trends?• Marriage rate up…• Incomes up….• Divorce rate up…• Public health improved…• Death rate down…
“the rush to the alter”
Objective…
Describe how racial intolerance on the home
front effects…
Japanese Americans, African Americans
& Hispanics.
40)-42) Japanese-American Internment
• Who? 112K Japanese-Americans
35K Japanese• What? Internment camps• Where? The west coast• When? 1942
Internment Notice:FDR issued Executive Order # 9066
Children at the Weill public school in San Francisco pledge allegiance to the American flag in April 1942, prior to the internment of Japanese Americans.
Why were Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps?
• Panic & fear following Pearl Harbor
-Possible Japanese attacks
-Sabotage
-Espionage
-Fishermen meeting Japanese boats off the coast
-Mining harbors & poisoning crops
442nd Japanese American
military unit
The 442nd is the most decorated
unit in U.S. military history. (Based on size &
length of service)
Objective…
Describe how racial intolerance on the home front effects African
Americans.
The source of racial tension during the war?
- AA migration - 1.2m- Housing shortages- Whites object to economic equality- Increased AA militancy
44) Why was the goal of fighting for democracy in Europe viewed as hypocritical to most African Americans?...
Civil Rights & Race Riots
45) FDR’s reaction to the demand for civil rights…
- What actions did he take?
A. Philip Randolph meets with FDR & demands…
• An end of segregation & discrimination in gov’t hiring.
• An end to segregation in the military.
• An end to discrimination &
segregation in all employment.
A.Philip Randolph• Results of the meeting with FDR…
– Executive Order 8802…– Fair Employment Practices Commission…
47) The goals of: Congress for Racial
Equality (CORE)… - Challenge segregation public facilities
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)...
- Challenge segregation in the military
Detroit Race Riots1943
Underlying racial tensions surface… Fights between
whites & blacks escalate into a city-wide riot leaving 25
blacks and 9 whites dead, and $2M worth of property
destroyed.