japanese internment and justice

1) what does the word internment mean to you?
A) internment means groups of people locked up during war

2) why were japanese-americans interned in Manzanar
A) because the japanese bombed pearl harbor and the u.s government thought the japanese were the enemies

3) why were japanese internment policies wrong
A) because they had all their possesions taken away and they didnt get it back and they had to work really bad jobs because people were still predjudice against japanese.

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the end of WWII

1) was general macarthur a successful general? explain with evidence
A) yes because he won the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima

2) explain how successful the G.I Bill was to returning soliders
A) it was very successful because 7.8 million (or half of the) soliders went to college and it also let the vetrans get loans to buy houses, farms ,or start new businesses

3) why were mexicans in L.A unfairly treated in 1943
A) because 11 sailors reported that they were attacked by mexicans wearing " zoot suit's" and so whites grabbed all mexicans wearing "zoot suits" and beat the senseless

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WWII in the pacific

1) who promised to "return" to liberate the philippines
A) General Douglas MacArthur

2) what reasons did the POTUS use for using the atomic bomb
A) his reasons were that if he didnt use the bomb then the japanese would invade us and that he had to make decision wether to risk more U.S soliders lives or bomb japan

3) in 1942 why were the allies under strength to fight japan?
A) they were ill prepared and under maned and the weather handicapped them or they were not used to the the weather.

4) were american submarines effective in the pacific? explain
A) sunk 63% of japanese merchant ships and nearly a third of combat ships were sunk

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WWII Across the Atlantic Ocean

1) who was the supreme commander in europe and was he successful?
A) the supreme commander in europe was Dwight D. Eisenhowerhe and he was successful because he made the enemy have an unconditional surrender which meant the winners chose their fate. 

2) what was the significance of "D-Day"
A) it was significant because in order to remove hitler they had to go to europe because that was were he was.

3) Was General Patton an effective leader?
A) yes he was because he won and liberated france and he beat the nazis from four years of taking over

4) why was the battle of the bulge significant?
A) it was significant because it was hitler's last chance of staying in power.

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coping with the war at home

1)what was the OPA and what was their job
A)office of price administration and they froze prices on most goods.

2) what was the purpose of the OSRD?
A) the OSRD was the office of scientific research and development and they brought in new technologies into the war to defeat the enemy

3) in what ways did americans sacrifise during world warII
A)they could not buy as much stuff as they did and it was rationed items such as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline

4) how similar or different were your sacrifices during the iraq and afganistan war
A) we americans did not have to sacrifice anything during the iraq and afganistan war and that is the differance between world war II and the iraq and afganistan war.

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U.S gets ready for the fight

1) who was phillip randolph, and why did he and president roosevelt meet?
A) an african american labor leader that brought over 100,000 african americans for a protest and they ended up getting better jobs

2) who were the WAAC's and why were they important to the war effort?
A) womens auxillary army corps. and it was essential because they need nurses, ambulance drivers, and radio operators.

3) how well did the African American'sdo during WWII?
A) before the war officailly started they were segragated and they did not want to go in the war, and when they were in war they were janitors at the end they ended getting the jobs that the war effort needed

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U.S inches towards wwII

1) what was the lend lease and what countries did it benefit?
A) let people rent or sell weapons to friends to the united states. which benefited the soviet union, and great britian

2) what did roosevelt call the german U-Boats
A) ratllesnakes of the atlantic

3) how would you discribe roosevelt's oppinion of war?
A) at first he wanted to be in the war but he understood that his people did not want to be in the war so he passed the lend lease act and the neutrality act but then japan bombed pearl harbor and that brought U.S into the war

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