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World War 2
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Soliders and Segergation
African Americans were among the third minority to be discriminated against during the war. Although, African Americans and White soldiers risked their lives equally in war. Yet the American military strictly segregated white and African American troops. When they came home on leave, African Americans in army uniform still faced prejudice. Segregation was a big thing during the war which led to the Civil Rights movement that was going to happen in the next decade. -
No Discrimantion Within Jobs
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, opening jobs and job training programs to all Americans that they cannot be discriminated because of race, creed, color, or national origin. This order also created the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) to hear complaints about job discrimination in defense industries and government. This helped a lot of Americans especially African americans get jobs because you cannot be discriminated against. -
Native Americans in the War
Native Americans also played a role in gaining acceptance into the U.S military about 25,000 Native americans joined the armed forces, while others moved to urban cities to work in defense plants. However, about 23,000 Native Americans worked in war industries and were used to make up their own language, so our opponents could not crack our codes. -
Japense Relocation
Japanese Americans faced a lot of discrimination during the war because of the attack on Pearl Harbour. This led to a rise of hostility, prejudice, and fearful feeling towards them. The government saw them as “aliens,” this resulted in the removal of Japanese Americans from the West coast.President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. That lead to the government setting up the War Relocation Authority to move out everyone of Japanese ancestry approx. 100,000 japanese from the West Coast. -
Rosie the Riverter
During the WWll most women worked at home or for small wages and were usually young and single. Although,there was a rise of new jobs for women in war-production jobs, including riveters, steelworkers, and welders. That changed the workforce, there was a popular song that told the story of a character ;a young woman called Rosie the Riveter. She was a home front hero. She worked in a defense plant and driving rivets into metal plates while her boyfriend Charlie.She advertised jobs for woman. -
The Bracero Program
The Bracero Program was on August 4, 1942, The United States and Mexico made an agreement to provide transportation, food, shelter, and medical care for thousands of braceros, Mexicans brought to work in the U.S. because, in agricultural there was a shortage in farm labors. Since there was a shortage this program offered jobs to many Mexican American farm labors which brought a rise to the Latino population in Los Angeles and Southern California. -
The Start of Something New
The congress of racial equality (CORE) was founded. CORE believed in the act of nonviolent techniques to end racism in the country. On May 10th 1943, CORE organized their first sit- in at Jack Spratt Coffee house. Some CORE members, including one African American sat in a booth and they refused to leave until everyone was served. This paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement that was coming up in the next decade. -
Unemployment Rate dropped
The rise of new jobs was a good thing for the economic development during the war although, In general, women were replacing men in the workforce which led to Industries trying to retool its machine jobs so that unskilled workers could handle them. They did this because most women had fewer skills than men.This opened up many jobs for men who had been unemployed in the 1930s. The unemployment rate dropped to an all time low of 1.2 percent in 1944. From the many women taking up jobs. -
Japanese entering the War
During the war the U.S Military was primarily made up of White men. In 1943, Japanese Americans were starting to be accepted into the Military. Even though we had some harsh feeling toward the Japanese, eventually more than 17,000 Japanese Americans entered the Military and were known has Nisei’s. These Nisei, were immigrants or American citizens who volunteered from the internment camps to become part of the war effort. -
Baby Boom
The Baby Boom was also happening during World War ll around the world because the amount of births increased during these years. The baby boom triggered booms in housing, consumption, and the labor force. The baby boom is now made up of people in their senior years and late middle age people. The baby boom occupied most of womans times who were having the babies but also opened up other jobs like caregivers, etc.
