APUSH Ch. 35

Authorized the War Department to remove any Japanese person from their homes. 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes & businesses, 600K more renounced citizenship; demonstrated fear of Japanese invasion

Carried out through Executive Order 9066, which took many Japanese families away from their homes and into internment camp. Motivated (somewhat) by racisim and fear of spies

A Supreme Court case which upheld the constitutionality of the Japanese relocation to concentration camps. In 1988 the US government was like "oops sorry man here's 20 grand for ruining your life lol we cool right"

FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression, of religion, from want, from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

Established by FDR during WWII; allocated scarce materials, limited or stopped the production of civilian goods, and distributed contracts among competing manufacturers

This economic board was created by Congress to insure that prices and commodities were not overcharged with price gouging. This board fought inflation by freezing prices. Labor unions fiercely resented this and their revolts resulted in the passing of the Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act.

This authorized the federal government to seize industries and made strikes against government operated industry a criminal offense

The three "women in arms" groups, the enlisted women in the armed forces.

A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to "do their part" in the war.

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920. Resulted in much tension and rioting.

Black leader, threatens a march to end discrimination in the work place; Roosevelt gives in with companies that get federal grants.

In 1941 FDR passed it; prohibited discriminatory employment practices by fed agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related work. It established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.

FDR issued this committee in 1941 to enforce the policy of prohibiting employment-related discrimination practices by federal agencies, unions, and companies involved in war-related work It guaranteed the employment of 2 million black workers in the war factories.

African Americans pledged to fight not only for victory over Hitler in Europe, but also against racism at home.

organized in 1942, mobilized mass popular resistance to discrimination in a way that the older, more conservative organizations had never done, (African American leaders helped organize sit ins and demonstrations in segregated theaters and restaurants).

In the 1940's - Riots that occurred mostly in Los Angeles, CA between white marines and young Mexican Americans. White marines thought that the clothing of the Mexican Americans was un-patriotic, despite their high enrollment in the American armed forces.

The commanding general of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, who created a plan to storm unarmed islands close to Japan by using the "Island Hop" tactic.

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.

the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.

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In which the Allies demanded the unconditional surrender of the axis, agreed to aid the Soviets, agreed on the invasion Italy, and the joint leadership of the Free French by De Gaulle and Giraud.

The three principal Allied leaders during World War II: Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union.

first major meeting between the Big Three (United States, Britain, Russia) at which they planned the 1944 assault on France and agreed to divide Germany into zones of occupation after the war

June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.

This was Germany's last attempt at success against the Allies during WWII. The Germans went through Belgium (which was a bad idea because Belgium was a neutral country, and it caused more tension and hostility) to get to the Western Front for this historic offensive battle.

May 8th, 1945. In which Germany announced its surrender.

Conference between Great Britain, US, USSR to determine how to administer punishment to Nazi Germany. (Establish postwar order, peace treaties, and counter effects of war)`

Code name for the extremely secret U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.

Nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman

Name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II