Week Three Post-Discussion Reaction Form Group Interaction 1. How clear was the intent of the discussion? The discussion this week by the team was great. We had a very clearly defined outline to follow which helped to organize our discussion topics amongst one another. As such‚ I felt that we were able to better express our thoughts to the specific subject at hand without leaving to question which point the poster may have been referring to. 2. How prepared were your group members for the
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1940-1945 ( Social ) Mexican- Americans experience on the home front during WWII.....In Los Angeles‚ California a series of riots broke out that involved whites and latino youths running around wearing zoot suits. Army men stationed in Southern California did not like Latinos roaming around in suits that weren’t seen as suitable during wartime. Los Angeles‚ with the highest concentration of mexicans outside of Mexico‚ were separated into the worst and oldest parts of the city. In addition to
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During the Great War‚ Americans on the homefront contributed to the war effort in a multitude of ways. With practically every able-bodied man fighting over seas‚ much of the war effort was left to be managed by women and African-Americans. Women took over jobs on farms‚ loading docks‚ railway crews‚ and in armaments industries‚ machine shops‚ steel and lumber mills‚ and chemical plants. They worked in factories to provide supplies‚ ran hospitals to care for the sick and wounded‚ and recruited men
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During WWII‚ Japanese-Americans were discriminated against solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Although mistreated‚ despised‚ and even imprisoned‚ the Japanese-Americans overcame tremendous hardships and approximately 33‚000 Japanese-Americans‚ both men and women‚ served valiantly in our Armed Forces‚ and nearly 800 of those having made the ultimate sacrifice. While there are numerous anecdotes‚ I will focus this paper on those Japanese-Americans who were part of the University of Hawaii
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only 4000 African American soldiers in the Army prior to World War II but during the war at least 1.2 million black soldiers served in the war. African-Americans participating in World War 2 had drastically changed the way white Americans viewed Blacks as a whole. Prior to this time Jim Crow laws dictated the way people were to act towards African Americans; these laws said they should have separate areas for whites and colored‚ and other discriminatory acts. African Americans were heavily discriminated
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World War II: The American Experience HIS/120 World War II: The American Experience The causes for American involvement in the war turned the ties of the war on the Allies favor. Even though America wanted peace and did not want aggression by other nations‚ Roosevelt “officially ended the country’s isolationist stance by passing the Lend Lease Act‚ which lifted restrictions on supporting foreign troops with defense gear; the Act first appropriated $7 billion to lend or lease supplies to any
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American way of life was changed overnight with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans were outraged over the loss of more than two thousand lives. Ready or not‚ the United States was at war; all Americans’ way of life would be affected. The most interesting changes included industrial transformation to war production‚ increased bias toward Japanese Americans and other minorities‚ and combat for the armed forces. When the United States entered WWII‚ the nation was not prepared for a major
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a time of despair because of war‚ but it also helped boost the modernization of America and the rights and roles of women and minorities. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor‚ the American people united to create one large war effort to strike back against the Axis regime’s totalitarian rule. More than 15 million Americans joined the armed forces during the war and for the first time over 250‚000 women served in the WAC and WAVES. With the mobilization of America’s army‚ the economy was restored and
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Causes for American Involvement in WWII Chanda Malone HIS - 125 September 14‚ 2014 Niccolina Mariconi Causes for American Involvement in WWII There were numerous reasons that played a factor of why America should have been involved within the conflict of World War II. Similarly the United States had numerous reasons for maintaining a neutral standpoint in regard to the war. The economy was still suffering from the depression and in addition to fear of what war would do to the economy
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Nash‚ eds. Encyclopedia of American History: Civil War and Reconstruction‚ 1856 to 1869‚ Revised Edition (Volume V). New York: Facts On File‚ Inc.‚ 2010. American History Online. Facts On File‚ Inc. Davis‚ Kenneth C. Don ’t Know Much about the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know about America ’s Greatest Conflict but Never Learned. New York: William Morrow‚ 1996. Print. Gragg‚ Rod. The Civil War Quiz and Fact Book. New York: Harper & Row‚ 1985. Print. "Homefront: Families North and South." The
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