1. Ch. 17, Sect. 4

2.  More industrial jobs  Unemployment fell to 1.2%  Farmers prospered  Major strides for women’s employment  Industrial jobs paid better than traditional women’s jobs

3.  More than 1 million people migrated to California  Towns with defense industries saw a major boost in population  Many African Americans left the South  Migrated to Northern cities

4.  Fathers went to war  Mothers had to work and raise children  Increase in use of day care  Increase in juvenile delinquency  People rushed to marry before soldiers were shipped out overseas  GI Bill of Rights  Education and training for veterans  Loans for veterans for homes and businesses

5.  Many African Americans moved to the Midwest  More jobs available  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)  Confronted urban segregation  Migrations caused tensions to rise  Race riots broke out in Detroit  More than 400 committees were developed to improve race relations

6.  Similar to African Americans, Mexican Americans experienced racial prejudice  “zoot suit riots”  Resulted in beatings of hundreds of Mexican American youths  Many Mexican Americans believed that their sacrifices during wartime led to a better future

7.  The West Coast contained a large Japanese American population  Most were legal United States citizens  Pearl Harbor created panic and suspicion of anyone with Japanese heritage  Japanese Americans faced harsh propaganda against them

8.  President Roosevelt signed order requiring the removal of people with Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona  Justified as being necessary for security  Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps  Were forced to live in the camps and not allowed to leave

10.  Zoot suit riots

12.  GI Bill of Rights

14.  Congress of Racial Equality