Section 4
Rosie the Riveter-During G.D., gov’t tried to keep women from working -Now need their help -Gov’t put out ads for women to work -“Do your patriotic duty and help defeat Fascism” -More than 4m. women entered workforce -Did lots of “manly” jobsàDrove trucks, built machinery -Still paid less than men -African American women had hard time finding work -Most people felt that this was just temporary -Would quit when war was over
Japanese-American Relocation-US was not as paranoid in WWII as it was in WWI -Japanese Americans forced to relocation centers (Feb. 1942) -Basically prison camps -Some thought Japanese were going to spy for Japan -Very racistànot unusual, though -We had no proof of disloyalty -Most were imprisoned until1945 -Supreme Court upheld constitutionality -Japanese forced to give up jobs, homes -Had to sell for way less than value
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