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USHG: World War II Homefront

Go to the following sites and answer the questions.

Go to the Japanese American National Museum.  Answer these questions:

1,  Who are the Issei?

2.  Who are the Nisei?

3.  What is the War Relocation Authority?

Go to the Camp Harmony Exhibit: Overview.  Answer these questions:

1.  How did the Numson Report describe the Nisei?

2.  What did Executive Order 9066 allow the military to do?

Go to the Camp Harmony Exhibit: Civil Liberties. Answer these questions:

1.  What basic rights were denied to Japanese Americans living in the camps?

Go to the National Archives site on women and examine the posters carefully.  Be sure to read the captions under each poster.  Answer these questions:

1,  Who is the intended audience?

2.  What does the government hope the posters will persuade the audience to do?

3.  What government purpose(s) are served by the poster?

4.  The most effective posters use symbols that are unusual, simple, and direct.  Is this an effective poster?  Explain.

Go to The Depression, The New Deal, and World War II.  Answer these questions:

1.  Why did A. Phillip Randolph threaten to lead a march on Washington, D.C.?

2.  How did Roosevelt respond to the threat?