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The Homefront & Victory over Japan…

The Homefront & Victory over Japan…. Mobilization began as early as 1940…with the Selective Service Act … by 1942, Gov't had created the WPB to convert economy…. Government must deal with the issue of Civil Rights… In Europe – the Holocaust… In the US – treatment of minorities….

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The Homefront & Victory over Japan…

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  1. The Homefront&Victory over Japan…

  2. Mobilization began as early as 1940…with theSelective Service Act… by1942, Gov't had created the WPBto convert economy… Government must deal with the issue of Civil Rights… In Europe – the Holocaust… In the US – treatment of minorities… The Home front

  3. Victory over Japan • From the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Dec. 1941 to May 1942, the United States suffered numerous humiliating defeats in Asia at the hands of the Japanese…one such defeat was in the Philippines - where MacArthur was forced to retreat to Australia…and soldiers left behind were captured and forced to march north on the Bataan Peninsula…

  4. In Nov. 1943, US launched its “island-hopping” campaign in order to force Japan to surrender, or be invaded… 11/43 – US takes Tarawa 6/44 – US takes Saipan 8/44 – US takes Guam 3/45 – US takes Philippines 2/45 – US takes Iwo Jima 4/45 – US takes Okinawa By May 1945 the US was 350 miles from Japan…but still Japan would not surrender! Closing in on Japan…

  5. Despite the warnings of Albert Einstein, in 1941 the US began a program to build an atomic bomb – the Manhattan Project… On July 16, 1945, the US detonated the world’s first atomic bomb…we threatened the Japanese with it…they refused to surrender… August 6, 1945 – “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima…no surrender! August 9,1945 – “Fat Man” on Nagasaki…on August 15,1945 the Japanese surrendered! Forcing Japan to surrender…

  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhbnCDuB4Y • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAmDEeczXsI&feature=related

  7. So… • Name 1 of the 3 C’s… • What did the “Double V” campaign hope to achieve victory over? • The _______________ Program opened the Southwest US to Mexicans immigrants. • Which Executive Order caused the “internment” of Japanese-Americans? • Why is Battle of Leyte Gulf significant? • The name of the government program set up to build an Atomic Bomb was called ___________________. • On which Japanese city did the US drop its first Atomic Bomb?

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