The Home Front & Discrimination During WWII Do groups struggle for civil rights during World War II?

Positive Changes War gets America out of the depression, unemployment 1.2% Women helping in the war effort GI Bill of Rights, 1944 help for veterans   a) provided ed. & training   b) easy to get home & business loans

African-Americans  Many African American families moved to cities  African Americans in skilled or semi-skilled jobs rose from 16% to 30%  Unfortunately, many whites resented blacks moving into their neighborhoods  Detroit Riots break out – Army occupies city for 6 mos

Zoot Suit Riot: Summer of 1943  Tensions between Navy Sailors & Mexican-American youth in Los Angeles  11 Navy sailors claim they were attacked by “zoot-suiters”  Nearby soldiers at Chavez Ravine pour into Downtown LA  For an entire week, youths were beaten and stripped of their clothes, LAPD does little

Internment of Japanese-Americans  Jan 1942: evacuation of Hawaii’s Japanese pop. was ordered  Feb 1942: FDR signs Exec. Order 9066 that forces Japanese Amer. from WA, OR, NV, CA  10K were shipped to prison camp sites for “security” reasons, most were American citizens  Japanese-Ams take case to Sup. Court in Korematsu v. United States, court rules US policy is justified “military necessity”