HonorsUSHistory

Unit9–WorldWarIIAmericaatWar

JapaneseInternment•  FortheU.S.,WWIIfarmorecomplexthanWWI

•  Almostnogovernmentwitch-hunBngofminoritygroupsinWWII.

•  TheexcepBon:110,000Japanese-AmericansonthePacificCoastforcedintoconcentra2oncamps.

TheHomeFront•  TheBraceroprogramtobring

Mexicanlabor.•  Thearmedservicesenlistednearly

216,000women.•  Womenalsoworkedonthe

home-fronttakingjobsvacatedbymen.

TheHomeFront•  ThewarhelpedtheAmericaneconomy-bytheendofthewarciBzens'disposableincomeshadsignificantlyrisen.

•  RisingnaBonaldebtaTerWWII.Mostofthewarcostswereborrowed.

HonorsUSHistoryUnit9–WorldWarIIWarinthePacific

TheRisingSuninthePacific•  InthePacific,AmericanforcesledbyGeneralMacArthur.

•  TheAmericatroopsretreatedfromthePhilippines–  BataanDeathMarch

TheCoralSeaandMidway•  TheBaCleoftheCoralSea

-theU.S.stoppedtheJapaneseadvancement.

•  FirstbaXleinwhichallthefighBngdonebycarrier-basedaircraT.

•  TheBaXleofMidway-turningpointinthePacificwar.

TheCoralSeaandMidway

IslandHopping•  BaXleofGuadalcanal–Startof“islandhopping”•  TheU.S."leapfrogged"severalJapanese-heldislandsinthe

Pacific.•  Thestrategywastotakenearbyislandsandthenlaysiegeto

thesurroundedislands.