Unit 7 Standard 19

Student Centered Notes

  1. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
  2. What percentage of Defense industries refused to hire minority workers?
  3. 75%
  4. Who was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
  5. A. Philip Randolph
  6. Why did he organize a march on Washington DC?
  7. To protest discrimination both in the military and in industry
  8. Why did FDR ask Randolph to back down?
  9. FDR feared the march might provoke white resentment or violence
  10. Why did Randolph cancel the march?
  11. FDR issued an executive order to end discrimination by employers and labor unions against minority workers
  12. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
  13. When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
  14. Dec 7, 1941
  15. How many Americans were killed? How many were wounded?
  16. 2,403 killed—1,178 wounded
  17. What country attacked the US at Pearl Harbor?
  18. Japan
  19. How many US aircraft were severely damaged or destroyed?
  20. Over 300
  21. How did Roosevelt refer to Dec 7, 1941?
  22. As a “date which will live in infamy”
  23. Explain major events of WWII; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
  24. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
  25. Define rationing.
  26. Establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military
  27. What was the purpose of the War Production Board (war time conversion)?
  28. Decide which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production
  29. How did women contribute to the war effort?
  30. Staying home and raising kids, taking jobs previously held by men, and forming the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
  31. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb

Unit 7 Standard 19

Student Centered Notes

  1. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
  2. What percentage of Defense industries refused to hire minority workers?
  3. Who was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
  4. Why did he organize a march on Washington DC?
  5. Why did FDR ask Randolph to back down?
  6. Why did Randolph cancel the march?
  7. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
  8. When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
  9. How many Americans were killed? How many were wounded?
  10. What country attacked the US at Pearl Harbor?
  11. How many US aircraft were severely damaged or destroyed?
  12. How did Roosevelt refer to Dec 7, 1941?
  13. Explain major events of WWII; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
  14. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
  15. Define rationing.
  16. What was the purpose of the War Production Board (war time conversion)?
  17. How did women contribute to the war effort?
  18. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb

Unit 7 Standard 19

Student Centered Notes

  1. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed March on Washington D.C.
  2. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese/German/Italian-Americans
  3. Explain major events of WWI; including lend-lease program, Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin
  4. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries
  5. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb