Unit 7 Standard 19
Student Centered Notes
- Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
- What percentage of Defense industries refused to hire minority workers?
- 75%
- Who was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
- A. Philip Randolph
- Why did he organize a march on Washington DC?
- To protest discrimination both in the military and in industry
- Why did FDR ask Randolph to back down?
- FDR feared the march might provoke white resentment or violence
- Why did Randolph cancel the march?
- FDR issued an executive order to end discrimination by employers and labor unions against minority workers
- Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
- When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
- Dec 7, 1941
- How many Americans were killed? How many were wounded?
- 2,403 killed—1,178 wounded
- What country attacked the US at Pearl Harbor?
- Japan
- How many US aircraft were severely damaged or destroyed?
- Over 300
- How did Roosevelt refer to Dec 7, 1941?
- As a “date which will live in infamy”
- Explain major events of WWII; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
- Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
- Define rationing.
- Establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military
- What was the purpose of the War Production Board (war time conversion)?
- Decide which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production
- How did women contribute to the war effort?
- Staying home and raising kids, taking jobs previously held by men, and forming the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
- Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb
Unit 7 Standard 19
Student Centered Notes
- Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
- What percentage of Defense industries refused to hire minority workers?
- Who was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
- Why did he organize a march on Washington DC?
- Why did FDR ask Randolph to back down?
- Why did Randolph cancel the march?
- Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
- When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
- How many Americans were killed? How many were wounded?
- What country attacked the US at Pearl Harbor?
- How many US aircraft were severely damaged or destroyed?
- How did Roosevelt refer to Dec 7, 1941?
- Explain major events of WWII; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
- Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
- Define rationing.
- What was the purpose of the War Production Board (war time conversion)?
- How did women contribute to the war effort?
- Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb
Unit 7 Standard 19
Student Centered Notes
- Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
- Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
- Explain major events of WWI; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
- Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
- Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb