1. The Home Front How the war affected workers, families, women, minorities

2. Jobs Full employment –People had money –Shortages and rationing meant no consumer spending –Wages rose –Farm production + income rose, too –Jobs opened up for women; 35% worked

3. Migration African Americans moved N and W Workers moved to cities with defense plants California population rose the most

4. GI Bill of rights To ease the transition of soldiers back to civilian life –Free education –Low cost home, farm, business loans

5. Early Civil Rights James Farmer founded C.O.R.E. –Congress on Racial Equality –To confront urban segregation Sit ins –Summer 1943: Race Riot- Detroit Zoot Suit Riot, Los Angeles –Sailors claimed they were attacked by Zoot Suit wearing Mexican Americans. –Mobs poured into Mexican Neighborhoods Riots lasted a week

6. Japanese Internment After Pearl Harbor –Fear of Japanese sabotage grew in Hawaii and west coast –FDR issued executive order to move Japanese Americans away from the coast and defense plants –Gov of CA: Earl Warren ordered forced internment of California’s Japanese Americans Fred Korematsu defied the relocation order Arrested Korematsu v U.S. 1944: Supreme Ct decided evacuation = military necessity Families were forced to sell homes, businesses for fraction of value 1965 some payment was made by gov. 1978 federal restitution payment: $20,000- passed a decade later.