Social Sciences and History / Unit 2 SSH 0128 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Home Front and Internment
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The idea
Rationing held goods back while the economy surged. New jobs opened for women and minorities as White men enlisted, creating new anxieties among some White men about equality. Race riots followed.
In practice
Executive Order nine zero six six interning people of Japanese ancestry, citizens included.
Where people slip
The Double V campaign sought victory over racism at home as well as the enemy abroad.
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