1. Chapter 38
America in World War II

2. beginnings Japan attack on Pearl Harbor 12-7-41
U.S. declares war with 1 dissenting vote
Plan for fighting the War (Europe 1st)
U.S. hoping for enough time to prepare

3. Impact of Pearl Harbor American views of the war
1921, 1924 limited immigration
More than 100,000 Japanese Americans placed into camps
Manzanar
Korematsu v. U.S.: upheld camps
U.S. apologizes in 1988; $20,000
New Programs wiped out
442nd

4. Building the War Machine
Shortage of workers: factories, farms
Rosie the Riveter
A. Philip Randolph: threatens strike
FDR makes discrimination in war jobs ill.

5. Migration African Americans Native Americans: code talkers, factories
Zoot suit riots

6. Home Front War bond drive Scrap metal drives Support for science
Rationing
Blue star, Gold Star
U.S. spends 2X amount of federal spending before WWII

7. Japan
Bataan death march
Midway
Island Hopping

8. Europe North Africa Italy: soft underbelly D-Day Battle of the Bulge
Berlin
Holocaust
Atomic bomb