U.S. History Unit 7B – World War II Packet

SSUSH19: Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

a. Investigate the origins of U.S. involvement in the war including Lend-lease and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.b. Examine the Pacific Theater including the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical

supplies to troops, the Battle of Midway, Manhattan Project, and the dropping of the atomic bombs. c. Examine the European Theater including the difficulties the U.S. faced delivering weapons, food, and medical

supplies to troops, D-Day, and the Fall of Berlin. d. Investigate the domestic impact of the war including war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, wartime

conservation, and the role of women and African Americans. e. Examine Roosevelt’s use of executive powers including the integration of defense industries and the internment of

Japanese-Americans.

Packet Checklist:

Opening Activities – Magnet Terms Unit 7B Vocabulary Unit 7B Study Guide SSUSH19 Questions #’s 1 – 67 (Days 1, 2, & 3)

o Day 1: #’s 1 – 21o Day 2: #’s 22 – 43o Day 3: #’s 44 – 67

Unit 7B Tiered Project (Day 3 & 4)o Unit 7B DBQ with Short Answer Question (80+ on SSUSH19 Quiz)

ORo Unit 7B Book (79 or below on SSUSH19 Quiz)

TEST DATE: ___________________________

NAME: ________________________________________________________ Period: __________________

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Unit 7B Opening Activities – Magnet TermsOpening Activity – Magnet Terms - Directions: Connect a Unit 7B Term to 2 past unit terms. You must define the current term in the box provided and they must be different each day. Choose one past unit (1 – 7A) term from the “Word Wall” in the back of the classroom. After choosing your past terms, define it then explain WHY the terms connect. Day 1

Unit 7B Term & Definition: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Day 4Unit 7B Term & Definition: Internment of Japanese Americans

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Unit 7B Vocabulary – World War II

1. Lend-Lease Act

2. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

3. The Battle of Midway

4. The Manhattan Project

5. The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

6. D-Day

7. Fall of Berlin

8. War Mobilization

9. Rationing

10. Roosevelt’s Executive Powers

11. Integration of Defense Industries

12. Internment of Japanese-Americans

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Unit 7B Study Guide – World War II

SSUSH19 Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

1. What was the significance of the Lend-Lease Act?

2. What was the significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

3. List 3 difficulties U.S. troops faced during World War II a. _____________________________________________________________ b. _____________________________________________________________ c. _____________________________________________________________

4. In the Pacific Theater, what was the significance of the Battle of Midway?

5. In the Pacific Theater, what was the significances of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

6. What was the significance of the Manhattan Project?

7. In the European Theater, what was the significance of D-Day?

8. In the European Theater, what was the significance of the Fall of Berlin?

9. How did rationing impact war time mobilization?

10. How did women impact war time mobilization?

11. How did African Americans impact war time mobilization?

12. How did Roosevelt use his executive power to impact defense industries?

13. How did Roosevelt use his executive power to impact Japanese-Americans?

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Unit 7B Short Answer Question – WWII

Identify and explain TWO of the causes and/or events of US involvement in World War II.Students must use 4 of the following concepts to examine the origins and major developments of World War II: Lend-lease act, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, the Manhattan Project, the dropping of the atomic bombs, D-Day, and the Fall of Berlin.

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SSUSH19 - World War II Readings

SSUSH19 Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

a. Investigate the origins of U.S. involvement in the war including lend-lease and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Enters World War II: Lend-Lease Act

On March, 11, 1941––Nine months before Pearl Harbor, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act and amended the Neutrality Acts so the United States could lend military equipment and supplies to any nation the president said was vital to the defense of the United States. Roosevelt approved $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to Great Britain in October 1941. When the United States entered World War II, $50 billion worth of equipment and supplies had already been sent to Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China.

U.S. Enters World War II: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

While Adolf Hitler steamrolled through Europe, the United States also had one eye on Japan. In response to Japan's military actions in the Pacific, the US imposed an embargo (refusal to ship certain products to a country) on oil and steel. Japan's leaders then set their sights on the rich natural resources of the Dutch East Indies. Before Japan could after the territories it wanted, however, it had to deal with one major problem: the US naval fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Although he doubted Japan's ability to win a war with the United States, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto knew that his country was determined to expand. He developed an all but impossible plan to sail six aircraft carriers (huge ships that carry war planes) across the Pacific undetected and launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Maintaining radio silence the entire way, the Japanese ships reached their destination as planned. U.S. intelligence knew that the Japanese were planning an attack of some kind; they just didn't know where. Believing that the waters of Pearl Harbor were too shallow for planes to drop torpedoes (explosive devices that hit the water and then are propelled towards a

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Document Analysis 1

target), they focused on the Philippines and the threat of sabotage (people trying to damage US military equipment, such as planes parked in hangers). A few minutes before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes began the first wave of bombings on the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. United States military personnel actually detected the incoming planes on radar but ignored them because they thought they were US planes flying in from the mainland. In less than two hours, the Japanese air attack sank or seriously damaged a dozen naval vessels, destroyed almost 200 warplanes, and killed or wounded nearly 3,000 people. The next day, President Roosevelt emotionally described December 7 as "a day which will live in infamy!" Both houses of Congress approved a declaration of war against Japan and later against Germany and Italy as well. Suddenly, the US was plunged into the middle of World War II.

b. Examine the Pacific Theater including the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, the Battle of Midway, the Manhattan Project, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.

Pacific Theater: The Battle of Midway

Within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan also attacked the Philippines, destroying nearly half of the US airplanes stationed there. A few days later, Japanese forces invaded and eventually took the islands. More than 75,000 U.S. soldiers and Filipinos became prisoners of war as a result. Forced to walk roughly 60 miles to trains waiting to carry them to prisoner of war camps, many of these prisoners died from injuries, sickness, and harsh treatment along the way. The horrid event was labeled the Bataan Death March and those held responsible for it were eventually tried as criminals after the war. The war in the Pacific had gotten off to a disastrous start for the United States. Not only was one of its most gifted military leaders, General Douglas MacArthur, forced to abandon the Philippines, but the attack at Pearl Harbor badly damaged its Pacific Fleet. Fortunately for the U.S., the aircraft carriers that the Japanese had hoped to destroy in the attack were not in port on December 7 and were still functioning. This proved to be crucial as the United States tried to turn the tide of the war in the Pacific.

Japanese General Admiral Yamamoto, considered a military genius for orchestrating the attack on Pearl Harbor, felt that the remainder of the US Pacific Fleet must be destroyed if Japan had any hope of winning the war. He hoped to meet the U.S. Navy in a decisive battle before it could fully recover from Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway in June 1942 proved to be a turning point in the war. This time, it was the Japanese who failed to detect the location of its enemy's aircraft carriers and US planes were able to attack the Japanese as they were still attempting to load bombs onto their planes. Midway greatly boosted the morale of the United States' Pacific forces and allowed the US to finally go on offense in its war with Japan. The United States decided to advance on Japan from two directions. The first path was across the central Pacific under Admiral Chester Nimitz. The second was from the south under General MacArthur and Admiral William Halsey and involved an invasion of the Philippines. MacArthur argued strongly for such an invasion because he had publicly sworn he would return to liberate the islands after being ordered to abandon them at the war's outset. The United States then began a process of island hopping, in which it attacked and conquered one group of islands, then moved on to the next as its forces made their way to Japan. In the South, MacArthur reached the Philippines and, in dramatic fashion, waded ashore before rolling news cameras to proclaim, "People of the Philippines, I have returned." As US troops fought their way inland, the largest naval battle in history raged off shore in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In desperation, the Japanese turned to the use of kamikaze pilots to try and avoid defeat. Kamikazes were pilots who committed suicide by intentionally crashing their planes into US ships in an attempt to sink them. Meanwhile, Nimitz's forces won key battles at Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Each battle was extremely fierce and bloody. Although overpowered, Japanese soldiers often preferred fighting to the death rather than surrendering.

Pacific Theater: The Manhattan Project

The capture of Okinawa cleared the way for an invasion of Japan that would end the war. The invasion never happened. Soon after entering the war, the U.S. began work on developing the atomic bomb. The top secret endeavor was called the Manhattan Project. J. Robert Oppenheimer headed the project and most of the development took place in laboratories at Los Alamos, New Mexico. On July 16, 1945, scientists tested the new weapon in the New Mexico desert. The flash was

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blinding and the explosion so great that it shattered windows 125 miles away. Meanwhile, the new president, Harry S. Truman, was at the Potsdam Conference discussing postwar policies with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Among the conditions of the Potsdam Declaration, the allied leaders restated their policy of "unconditional surrender." In other words, the Allies would only accept a surrender in which the Allies dictated the terms of peace without the defeated Japanese insisting on any conditions. When the Japanese refused to surrender unconditionally, but instead insisted that they be given a guarantee that the position of the Emperor would be protected, Truman authorized the use of the bomb. On August 6, 1945, a specially equipped B29 bomber called the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The blast leveled the city and killed thousands of civilians and military personnel. Many more died later from radiation released in the blast. Two days later, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria. When Japan delayed in issuing its surrender, the U.S. dropped another bomb on August 9 on the city of Nagasaki. In the face of the massive death and destruction caused by these attacks, and with the Soviet Union now involved in the fighting, Japan finally surrendered on August 14, 1945. World War II was over. The next day the US celebrated V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day). Although the world was shocked by the power of the atomic bomb, Truman defended his decision to use it. He pointed out that by dropping the bomb, an invasion of Japan had been avoided, thereby saving the lives of Allied soldiers.

c. Examine the European Theater including difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, D-Day, and the Fall of Berlin.

European Theater: D-Day

Three days after Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States. By this time, Hitler had attacked the Soviet Union and was at war with Stalin as well. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union now stood together as the Allied Powers along with several other nations. After driving the Axis forces out of North Africa and taking parts of Italy, the Allies launched plans for a massive invasion of Western Europe.

The three leaders, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin finally met in December 1943. Because the Soviets had lost millions of lives fighting Germany in Eastern Europe, Stalin desperately wanted the Allies to launch an invasion of France and create a second front against Hitler in Western Europe.

After initially being reluctant, the US and Britain finally agreed. They appointed US General Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as the supreme allied commander in charge of planning Operation Overlord. The operation involved hundreds of thousands of troops and called for the largest amphibious invasion (invasion in which soldiers invade from the sea rather than by crossing borders over land) in military history. The date of the invasion, June 6, 1944, became known as D-Day. Hitting the beaches at Normandy, France, the first soldiers ashore received overwhelming gunfire. Despite suffering heavy losses, it took the Allies less than a week to get over 500,000 troops ashore. From their established foothold, these forces were able to advance further into France. From France, the U.S. and allied forces could supply European theater troops with weapons, food, and medical supplies. On August 25, 1944, the Allies fought their way into Paris, liberating the city from four years of German occupation.

European Theater: Fall of Berlin

The Fall of Berlin lasted from April–May 1945. The Fall of Berlin was one of the final battles of the European theater during World War II. Two Soviet army groups attacked Berlin from the east and south, while a third attacked German forces north of Berlin. The Soviets lost 81,116 men taking the city, while the Germans lost 458,080 trying to defend it. It was one of the bloodiest battles in history. Adolf Hitler was in Berlin during the battle and, before it ended, he and many of his followers committed suicide. The city’s defenders surrendered on May 2, but fighting continued outside the city until the war ended on May 8. On May 8, 1945 Allied forces celebrated V-E Day (victory in Europe) to mark the formal acceptance by Allies of World War II and Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. Much of the continued fighting was due to the Germans trying to move westward so they could surrender to the Americans or British instead of to the Soviets.

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d. Investigate the domestic impact of the war including war mobilization as indicated by rationing, wartime conversion, and the role of women and blacks.

Document Analysis 2

Document A Document B Document C

War Mobilization

The government realized that it needed to maintain strong public support for the war in order to successfully defeat the Axis nations. It recognized that a sense of patriotism and high national morale would be crucial. The government paid artists to design patriotic war posters, and movie theaters began playing newsreels depicting the US war effort in a positive light. Ads depicting patriotic themes in magazines and on radio broadcasts also became common. War meant that the United States' economy had to switch from peacetime to wartime as quickly as possible. To oversee this transformation, President Roosevelt established the War Production Board (WPB). This board redirected raw materials and resources from the production of civilian consumer goods to the production of materials needed for waging war against Germany and Japan. The economic result of the war was that the US economy boomed and people's standard of living increased. Unemployed men, women and African Americans now found themselves employed either as soldiers or in industries producing goods needed for the war effort. Others began migrating to northern cities and out west to fill the jobs needed for wartime production. As a result, the population of states like California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Washington increased rapidly during the war.

Wartime Conversion and Rationing

In addition to money, the government also called on people to ration their resources. People started growing victory gardens of their own so that more food could be sent to feed the soldiers. The government also started a program of rationing (conserving resources) by which it could control how certain resources were distributed. In 1941, the government began rationing tires. Two years later, certain items were assigned points values. Once a citizen used up all their points, they could no longer obtain these items until they acquired more. In this way, the government forced the public to conserve resources that were needed to support the war effort.

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Role of Women

With so many U.S. men going off to fight, women became an important part of the workforce at home. Women of all cultural and racial backgrounds stepped forward to take on jobs traditionally held by men. A popular song of the day was called Rosie the Riveter. It described a woman who worked in the factory as a riveter while her boyfriend served in the marines. Rosie the Riveter became the symbol of those women who entered the workforce to fill the gap left vacant by men serving in the war.

e. Examine Roosevelt’s use of executive powers including the integration of defense industries and the internment of Japanese-Americans.

Document Analysis 3

The Call to Negro America to March on Washington (1941), A. Philip Randolph we propose that ten thousand Negroes

MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE AND EQUAL INTEGRATION IN THE FIGHTING FORCES OF

THE UNITED STATES.

An "all-out" thundering march on Washington, ending in a monster and huge demonstration at Lincoln's Monument will shake up white America.

It will shake up official Washington. It will give encouragement to our white friends to fight all the harder by our side, with us, for our righteous cause. It will gain respect for the Negro people. It will create a new sense of self-respect among Negroes. But what of national unity? We believe in national unity which recognizes equal opportunity of black and white citizens to jobs in national defense and the armed forces, and in all other institutions and endeavors in America. We condemn all dictatorships, Fascist, Nazi and Communist. We are loyal, patriotic Americans all.

Source: From A. Philip Randolph, "Call to Negro America to March on Washington for Jobs and Equal Participation in National Defense," Black Worker 14 (May 1941)

Roosevelt’s Use of Executive Power: Integration of Defense Industries

In 1941, A. Philip Randolph, the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, proposed a march on Washington, D.C., to protest discrimination in the military and in industry. He called on African Americans from all over the United States to come to Washington and join him. President Roosevelt, afraid the march might cause unrest among whites, summoned Randolph to the White House and asked him to call off the march. When Randolph refused, Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 that called on employers and labor unions to cease discrimination in hiring practices in industries related to defense. As a result of Roosevelt’s actions, the march was canceled.

Roosevelt’s Use of Executive Power: Internment of Japanese-Americans

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor fueled suspicion and fear among US citizens. Many suspected that Japanese, German, and Italian Americans would end up supporting the Axis Powers. As a result, thousands of such citizens were forced to relocate to internment camps. These camps tended to be located in remote areas and were meant to keep potentially threatening citizens in an isolated location where the government could keep an eye on them. Although many German and Italian Americans were unjustly interned as well, Japanese Americans suffered the most. Roosevelt then issued Executive Order 9066, this US military order forced more than 100,000 Japanese Americans from their homes and businesses during the war and placed them in one of the various camps. A great number of these Japanese Americans lost everything as a result. Many of them were US citizens who had lived in the United States for several generations. Others

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had been born in the US to parents who had immigrated from Japan. In 1944, the US Supreme Court ruled that the government internment of Japanese Americans was lawful and justified due to "...the military urgency of the situation." Eventually, in 1983, the United States government formally recognized the injustice that had been done and authorized payments of $20,000 each to all living Japanese Americans who had suffered under this policy.

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SSUSH19 – World War II Questions

SSUSH19 Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

a. Investigate the origins of U.S. involvement in the war including lend-lease and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Enters World War II: Lend-Lease Act

1. Summarize: What was the significance of the Lend-Lease Act? 2. What countries did the United States send equipment and supplies to under the Lend-Lease Act?

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3. According to the political cartoon, why was Hitler upset with Uncle Sam? 4. Based on your understanding of U.S. History, was America participating in WWII before the attack on Pearl

Harbor?

U.S. Enters World War II: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

5. How did the United States respond to Japan’s actions in the Pacific Ocean? 6. What stopped the Japanese from going after the territories it wanted in the Pacific Ocean? 7. Did the U.S. know that the Japanese were planning an attack? 8. When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? 9. How did FDR describe the events on December 7th? 10. Summarize: What was the significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

b. Examine the Pacific Theater including the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, the Battle of Midway, the Manhattan Project, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.

11. Identify: (USE STANDARD (sentence) ABOVE TO ANSWER) List 3 difficulties U.S. troops faced during World War II a. _____________________________________________________________ b. _____________________________________________________________ c. _____________________________________________________________

Pacific Theater: The Battle of Midway

12. What island the Japanese take control of after their attack on Pearl Harbor? 13. How many U.S. soldiers and Filipinos were taken as prisoners of war? 14. What was the Bataan Death March? 15. What General was forced to abandon the Philippines? 16. Why was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor unsuccessful? 17. Summarize: In the Pacific Theater, what was the significance of the Battle of Midway? 18. What was the strategy of island hopping? 19. What was the significance of the Battle of Leyte Gulf? 20. Define: Kamikazes 21. At the battle of Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, Japanese soldiers often preferred __________________

to the __________________ rather than ___________________________.

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Pacific Theater: The Manhattan Project

22. The capture of this island cleared the way for a U.S. invasion of Japan? 23. Summarize: What was the significance of the Manhattan Project? 24. Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer? 25. Where did the U.S. develop the Atomic Bomb? 26. Define: Unconditional Surrender 27. What city did the U.S. drop the first atomic bomb on? 28. What city did the U.S. drop the second atomic bomb on? 29. What is V-J Day? 30. Summarize: In the Pacific Theater, what was the significances of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and

Nagasaki?

c. Examine the European Theater including difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical

supplies to troops, D-Day, and the Fall of Berlin. European Theater: D-Day

31. What two countries declared war on the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? 32. What three countries were called the Allied Powers? 33. Where did Stalin want the Allied forces to invade? 34. Who was in charge of Operation Overlord? 35. Define: Amphibious Invasion 36. What is the nickname for Operation Overlord? 37. From _______________________________, the U.S. and allied forces could supply

_______________________________troops with weapons, food, and medical supplies. 38. On August 25, 1944, the Allies fought their way into ________________________, liberating the city from four

years of German occupation. 39. Summarize: In the European Theater, what was the significance of D-Day?

European Theater: Fall of Berlin

40. What was the Fall of Berlin? 41. What did Adolf Hitler and his followers do during the Fall of Berlin? 42. What was V-E Day? 43. Summarize: In the European Theater, what was the significance of the Fall of Berlin?

d. Investigate the domestic impact of the war including war mobilization as indicated by rationing, wartime conversion, and the role of women and blacks.

Document Analysis 2

44. According to Document A, what does America need to win World War II? 45. According to Document B, what does America need to win World War II? 46. According to Document C, what does American need to win World War II?

War Mobilization

47. How did the U.S. government get Americans to support the war? 48. What was the War Production Board (WPB)? 49. What were two economic results of WWII in American? 50. List 3 states that grew in population because of WWII

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Wartime Conversion and Rationing

51. What were victory gardens? 52. Define: Rationing

Role of Women

53. Summarize: How did women impact war time mobilization? 54. What was Rosie the Riveter?

e. Examine Roosevelt’s use of executive powers including the integration of defense industries and the internment of Japanese-Americans.

Document Analysis 3

55. Who wrote the primary document? 56. What was the title of the primary document? 57. What was the march trying to shake up? 58. A. Philip Randolph “believe(s) in national unity which recognizes equal opportunity of ___________ and white

citizens to jobs in _________________________ and the __________________________, and in all other institutions and endeavors in America. We condemn all dictatorships, Fascist, Nazi and Communist. We are loyal, ____________________ Americans all.

Roosevelt’s Use of Executive Power: Integration of Defense Industries

59. Who was A. Philip Randolph? 60. What President wanted A. Philip Randolph to call of his march? 61. Summarize: How did Roosevelt use his executive power to impact defense industries? 62. Summarize: How did African Americans impact war time mobilization?

Roosevelt’s Use of Executive Power: Internment of Japanese-Americans

63. List three groups of Americans that were suspected of helping the Axis Powers? 64. Where were these three groups of people relocated to? 65. Summarize: How did Roosevelt use his executive power to impact Japanese-Americans? 66. How many Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps? 67. Eventually, in ____________________, the United States government formally recognized the injustice that

had been done and authorized payments of ______________________________each to all living Japanese Americans who had suffered under this policy.

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SSUSH19 World War II – DBQ

Document 1

“Had it not been for the war, I never would have played professional baseball. That started because of the war. People didn't have money to go places. Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs was certain that all the men would be drafted, and the major league ballparks would be empty. That’s the reason he started that league, the All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League. So because of the war, I got a chance…And I think because I went out there and played baseball – I met a lot of people from all over the United States, Canada, and Cuba…I traveled, lived in the best hotels, ate in restaurants, lived in private homes – that’s an experience. I think it gave me the courage years later to say, “I think I’ll go to college”…”

• Former AGPBL player Wilma Briggs, “A Farm Girl Plays Professional Baseball” (1955)

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“All day long…Whether rain or shine, She’s a part of the assembly line. She’s making history, working for victory, Rosie the Riveter. Keeps a sharp lookout for sabatoge, sitting up there by the fuselage. That little girl will do more than a male will do. Rosie’s got a boyfriend, Charlie, Charlie he’s a Marine. Rosie is protecting Charlie, working overtime at the riveting machine. When they gave her a production “E,” She was proud as she could be. There’s something true about, red, white, and blue about, Rosie the Riveter…”

• Songwriters Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb, “Rosie the Riveter” (1942)

Document 3

US Office of War Information, “The Job Where I Fit The Best” (1943)

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Document 4

“NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders, whom he may from time to time designate…to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he…may determine, from which any and all persons may be excluded…The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to provide for [such persons] transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary…”

“I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War…to enforce compliance with the restrictions…to each military area…including the use of Federal troops and other Federal agencies…”

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order #9066 (1942)

Document 5

Japanese family outside their home near Seattle, Washington following their return from a “relocation camp” (1945)

Document 6

“They’ve sunk the posts deep into the group, they’ve strung the wires all the way around. With machine gun nests just over there, and sentries…everywhere. We’re trapped like rats in a wired cage, to fret and fume with impotent rage; Yonder whispers the lure of night, but that DAMNED FENCE assails our sight.” Imprisoned in here for a long, long, time, We knew we’re punished – though we’ve committed no crime, Our thoughts are gloomy and enthusiasm damp, to be locked up in a concentration camp! Loyalty we know, and patriotism feel, to sacrifice our utmost was our ideal, To fight for country and die perhaps; But we’re here because we happen to be Japs…”

• Anonymous poem (That Damned Fence) from the Poston, Arizona Relocation Camp (1942)

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Document 7

African-American pilots at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, members of the 99th Fighter Squadron (1943)

Document 8

“Last week, without any public announcement or fanfare, the editors of The [Pittsburgh] Courier introduced its war slogan- a double "V" for a double victory to colored America. We did this advisedly because we wanted to test the response and popularity of such a slogan with our readers. This week we…offer the following explanation: Americans all, are involved in a gigantic war effort to assure the victory for the cause of freedom- the four freedoms that have been so nobly expressed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. We, as colored Americans, are determined to protect our country, our form of government and the freedoms which we cherish for ourselves and the rest of the world…[T]herefore we have adopted the Double "V" war cry- victory…Thus in our fight for freedom we wage a two-pronged attack against our enslaves at home and those abroad who would enslave us. WE HAVE A STAKE IN THIS FIGHT....WE ARE AMERICANS TOO!"

• The Pittsburgh Courier, one of the first allAfrican-American newspapers in the US (February 14, 1942)

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SSUSH19 WWII DBQ Questions & SAQ

Document 1

1. What job opportunity did Wilma Briggs have because of WWII?

2. What was the name of the professional baseball league?

3. What did her experience give her the courage to do later on in life?

4. What was the domestic impact of WWII on the role of women?

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5. What job opportunities did women have because of WWII?

6. According to the song, list all the ways a woman on the assembly line is helping with the war effort?

7. What is the purpose of songs like “Rosie the Riveter”?

8. What was the domestic impact of WWII on the role of women?

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9. What is the point of view of the image?

10. Analyze the appearance of the woman in the image. Why is she portrayed in this way?

11. What was the domestic impact of WWII on the role of women?

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12. What does Executive Order #9066 authorize the Secretary of War, Military Commanders, and anyone they designate to be able to do to individuals in the “military areas”?

13. What group of individuals does Executive Order #9066 apply to at this point in US History?

14. Why was Executive Order #9066 issued?

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15. Why did Japanese-American families face persecution during WWII?

16. According to the document, what were some examples of the persecution Japanese-Americans faced during WWII?

17. What message is being conveyed by this picture? What was its purpose? Why was it taken in 1945?

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18. Describe what life was like in a Japanese-American internment camp.

19. What type of camp does the author call the camp he or she is in? What are they comparing their camp to?

20. What message is being conveyed by the author?

21. Was Executive Order #9066 justified being issued? Explain!

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22. What job opportunities were available to African American men during WWII?

23. What laws were African-American military men still subject to during WWII?

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24. Why were ALL Americans involved in the war effort?

25. Why would there be a need to print an article like this in February 1942?

26. Why would the phrase “victory for the cause freedom” seem hypocritical to the readers of the Pittsburgh Courier at this point in history?

27. What future movement in the 1950’s and the 1960’s would the African-American WWII effort influence? WHY?28.

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World War II: Book ProjectFollowing Instruction belowResources Needed: Colored Pencils, 3 sheet of paperPage 1: World War II1. Title: World War II2. Image that summarizes World War II

Page 2: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor3. Title: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor4. Write a summary on the significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor5. Draw an image that summarizes the significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Page 3: Lend-Lease Acts6. Title: Lend-Lease Acts7. Write a summary on the significance of the Lend-Lease Acts8. Draw an image that summarizes the importance of the Lend-Lease Acts

Page 4: Battle of Midway9. Title: Battle of Midway10.Write a summary on the significance of the Battle of Midway11.Draw an image that summarizes the significance of the Battle of Midway

Page 5: Manhattan Project12.Title: Manhattan Project13.Write a summary on the importance of the Manhattan Project14.Draw an image that summarizes the importance of the Manhattan Project

Page 6: D-Day15.Title: D-Day16.Write a summary on the significance of the Battle of D-Day17.Draw an image that summarizes the significance of the Battle of D-Day

Page 7: The Fall of Berlin18.Title: The Fall of Berlin19.Write a summary on the significance of the Fall of Berlin20.Draw an image that summarizes the importance of the Fall of Berlin

Page 8: Wartime Rationing21.Title: Wartime Rationing22.Write a summary on the significance of wartime rationing23.Draw an image that summarizes the importance of wartime rationing

Page 9: Role of Women or African Americans in World War II24.Title: Role of Women or African Americans in World War II25.Write a summary on the significance of the role of women or African Americans in World War II26.Draw an image that summarizes the importance of the role of women or African Americans in World War II

Page 10: Integration of Defense Industries27.Title: Integration of Defense Industries28.Write a summary on the significance of the integration of defense industries29.Draw an image that summarizes the significance of integration of defense industries

Page 11: Internment of Japanese-Americans30.Title: Internment of Japanese-Americans31.Write a summary on significance of the internment of Japanese-Americans32.Draw an image that summarizes the significance of the internment of Japanese-Americans

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