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chapter 26 - Coggle Diagram
chapter 26
Social
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The U.S. begins to start winning against the Japanese and are able to get control of Central Pacific.
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Hitler looses battle at Stalingrad and because of resources used U.S. had to cancel Canal Plan and Germany had to stop eastern offensive.
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AFrican Americans wanted to be brought higher up the social ladder by working in the war, but that didn't work, so they made demands.
These demands greatly increased the migration of blacks from the rural areas of the South into indsutrial cities.
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A. Philip Randolph leader of the BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS, wanted to stage a march on Washington. FDR thought it was a bad idea and created the
FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION (FEPC), which allowed them to investigate discrimination in war industries.
People wanted to change system of segregation, and the organization of THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) in 1942 mobilized mass popular resistance to discrimination in a way that the older, more conservative organizations had never done.
This group organized Sit-ins and and stuff in theaters and restaurants. They got a W by forcing a Washington D.C. restaurants in 1944 to agree to serve African Americans.
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Native Americans also found work in the war as "code-talkers" and began to work in Factories etc... But after the war those opportunities closed.
Mexican American's too also found opportunity , and they're sudden movement also caused conflict amongst the whites.
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People wanted to see what the war was like, so popularity in radios, newspapers (like life), and movies about the war increased.
American propoganda was used to influence those opposing the war that they were fighting for a better future.
Propoganda lead Americans to think that it was the Germans or the Italians who were bad people, but their governments. But they didn't like the japanese.
Government
Government enacted the ANTI-INFLATION ACT which gave the administration authority to freeze agricultural prices, wages, salaries and rents throuhgout the country. this would be enforced by the Office of Price Administration. This was put in place because of fear of inflation.
the OPA wasn't really liked, and during the years of this act in place, Black-Marketing and overcharging grew to proprotions.
Government needed a lot of money for the war, so they borrowed some money by selling bonds to ordinary people and to some financial institutions.
The REVENUE ACT OF 1942, established a 94 percent rate for the highest brackets and for the first time, imposed taxes on the lower-income families as well. Congress also enacted a WIHTOLDING SYSTEM OF PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS IN 1943.
Government though it would be a good idea of men in the war to see some women so the USO picked up some women and sent them over to chat up lonely men.
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Battle of the buldge ended with the Americans winning and ended serious German resistance in the west.
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On April 30 Hitler Killed himself and on May 8, 1945 the German forces surrendered.
Japanese were getting weakened by Admiral Chester Nimitz and a lack of food rations and supplies, like gasoline.
The Chinese helped U.S. attack the Japanese. General Joseph W. Stilwell helped to provide supplies to the chinese. The Japanese kept blocking their supplies, but Stilwell built a road and pipelines that became known as the Burma Road, the Ledo Road, and the Stilwell Road.
Chiang, the premier didn't want to attack the Japanese, but the Chinese Communists. Stilwell called him a peanut.
THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF was the largest naval engagement in history, which caused the Japanese to give up a continuining a serious war.
U.S. gets island of Iwo Jima only after the costliest single battle in the history of the Marine Corps.
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On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
On August 8, 1945 another atomic weapon was dopped on Nagasaki killing more than 10000 people.
On September 2, 1945 the Japanese surrended on the MIssouri American Battleship.
intelect
There had been plenty of technological advancements during the war, because government funded such projects.
When a technological innovation by the enemy there was something to limit the damage of the new techniques.
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Manhattan project
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Scientists under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer, were charged with the construction of the actual atomic bomb.
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Economy
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Government spending for the War was uneven, a lot of construction took place in California/ The West Coast.
There had been a huge labor shortage as people went to war, but there was then an increase in labor during the war.
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Roosevelt created the WAR PRODUCTION BOARD which was supposed to mobilize the economy. They didn't really do a good job so FDR relocated them to the white house and became the OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION.
Wartime production was good, to the point people thought there was too much.
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