The document discusses how the US home front contributed to winning WWII through high levels of production supported by more women and minorities entering the workforce. It notes that 6 million more women worked, including 350,000 in non-combat military roles. While African American soldiers were still segregated, their military service helped advance civil rights. Native Americans also contributed through over 25,000 volunteers and the use of Navajo language as a code. The internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans in camps following Pearl Harbor led to the Korematsu Supreme Court case.

1. W.W.II: The Home Front

2. How were American war experiences different from European?

3. no fighting or destruction at home no civilian casualties no change in government no borders redrawn

4. What role did the “home front” play in winning the war?

5. “ Once the fire is lighted under it (the U.S.), there is no limit to the power it can generate.” Winston Churchill

6. Produced war materials for the U.S. and its allies By 1942, U.S. production equaled German, Italian and Japanese combined By 1944, U.S. production is twice Axis production

7. What role did US women play in W.W.II?

8. Workforce 6 million women entered the workforce during war 1/3 of all women working For the first time more married women than single worked

10. involved in non-combat roles 350,000 joined Nurse’s Corps, WACs, WAVEs, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard Military

11. How did Military service for African American soldiers mirror American society?

12. Most of the one million black soldiers were segregated in units and on bases Even black pilots were segregated

13. What social gains were made for African Americans during W.W.II and why?

14. Service in military provided more reason to demand rights FDR banned discrimination in hiring for defense industry

15. What unique contributions did Native Americans offer to the war effort? About 25,000 volunteer Navajo language used as code

16. What event prompted the case Korematsu vs. United States?

17. Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans, mostly native born, sent to relocation camps Caused mostly by fear of invasion/espionage 1944 the court said it was constitutional