1. SSUSH19: The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War ll, especially the growth of the federal government.
World War ll

2. a. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington, D. C
a. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington, D.C., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response.
A. Philip Randolph marched to D.C. to fight against segregation in the US Armed Forces.
Establishing protections against
Discrimination.
Tried to pressure the government
and President FDR into equal
rights for everyone to be in the
Military.
“If it cost money to finance a march on Washington, let Negroes pay for it. If any sacrifices are made for Negro rights in National Defense, let Negroes make them.”

3. FDR’s Response Tried to persuade Randolph out of it.
When persuasion failed, Executive order 8802 was issued. Barring discrimination in defense industries and federal bureaus.
The Fair Employment Act
Required all contracts of Federal Agencies have a provision stating not to “discriminate against someone of a different race, color, creed, or nationality in reasons of employment.”
When this occurred, the March was called off.

4. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
b. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese- Americans, German-Americans, and Italian-Americans.
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Also called “Operation Z” by Japanese Imperial General Headquarters.
Surprise!
December 7th, 1941
Conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy
War Declared on Japan the next day.
Resulting into the US entry into World War ll.

5. Main Goals of the Japanese for the Attack
Destroy the Aircraft Carriers
They were out at sea, away from the Harbor.
Destroy as many of the other ships as possible (Mainly Battleships)- USS Arizona completely sunk killing 1177 crew members.
Cripple the US Navy in attempt to immobilize them for a target of 6 months
Destroy the Oil Supply
Would potentially immobilize the Pacific Fleet for a estimated span of 2 years.

9. Japanese Internment
Relocation and Internment of approx. 110,000 Japanese American citizens.
Japanese Americans who were too close to the Pacific Coast.
Government afraid of spies.
Referred to as “War Relocation Camps”
FDR authorized the Internment with Executive order 9066 on February 19th, 1942
Allowed Military commanders to designate exclusion areas for Japanese American “terrorist”.

10. European Theater Pacific Theater
f. Compare the geographic locations of the European Theater and the Pacific Theater and the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops.
European Theater
Fighting was primarily land-based
Large scale bombing raids
More countries involved
German soldier tended to surrender when defeat was apparent
Pacific Theater
Fighting was primarily at sea or launched from sea
Island hopping & island invasions
More up-close fighting
Japanese land soldiers & Kamikaze pilots would fight to the death

11. c. Explain major events; include the lend-lease program, the Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.
Lend Lease Program
Was a program under the United States
Supplied UK, Soviet Union, China, France and other allied nations with a vast amounts of war material
Signed into law on March 11th, 1941
This act ended American neutrality
Hitler recognized this and in response ordered German submarines to attack U.S vessels

12. Battle of Midway
Was the most important naval battle in the Pacific in WWII
June , approx six months after Pearl Harbor
Major win for the U.S, as they defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy
Caused irreparable damage to the Japanese Fleet
Led to the beginning of “Island-Hopping”

13. Battle of Midway
How did the Battle of Midway change the war in the Pacific?

14. Island-Hopping Counter-offensive strike
Capture specific islands to take power away from the elite Japanese pacific fleet.
Gen. MacArthur
Commander of Allied forces in the SW Pacific

15. D-Day
The landing of the Allied invasion along the beaches of Normandy, France
AKA Operation Overlord and Neptune during WWII
June 6th 1944
Conducted in two phases:
Air Assault- landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian, and Free French airborne troops.
Amphibious landing- of Allied infantry on the coast of France
Mass numbers of casualties on both sides
Allied Victory!

16. Facts of D-Day
Was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with 160,000 troops
Over 5,000 ships were in use
Total width of the D-Day invasion= 61.7 miles
Until the very last minute, Normandy was the most heavily guarded secret
17 Million maps supported the mission, Training maps used fake names

18. Fall of Berlin Final Chapter of the destruction of Hitler’s 3rd Reich.
April 16th, 1945
Stalin’s 20 armies (Russia)
6300 tanks and 8500 aircraft
Allies held off to give Soviets a Free-Hand
Huge Artillery Barrage and Air-Raid on April 20th….. Hitler’s Birthday.

19. d. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries.

20. War Mobilization
To prepare the country for war Roosevelt created the War Production Board to help regulate the switch to war time production
The automobile industry switched to almost exclusively making tanks, jeeps, trucks, and airplanes

21. Rationing
With the onset of WWII, many challenges confronted the American people
Rationing of food, gas, and even clothing were common
Americans were asked to conserve on everything

22. Role of Woman
Over 6 million woman took wartime jobs in factories or took the filling role for men
3 million woman volunteered with the red cross
And over 200,000 woman served in the military
The most famous propaganda tool used to draw women into the workforce was “Rosie the Riveter”

23. Los Alamos and the Atom Bomb
e. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb.
Los Alamos and the Atom Bomb
Also known as “Site Y” and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Largest science and technology institution in the world.
One of the places the atomic bomb was created.

24. The Atomic Bomb We wanted to beat the Germans.
Develop the bomb and create enriched Uranium before the Nazis did.
Manhattan Project
$2 billion ($22 billion today)
30 different sites. 10 on Manhattan Island (Project Name)
Made it for intimidation….. Turned into a weapon of Mass Destruction.
We dropped 2 on Japan in the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This totally devastated their country.

25. Fat Man and Little Boy (The bombs dropped on Japan by the Enola Gay)
Hit Nagasaki
Hit Hiroshima