Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 11, Lesson 1, California in Wartime (pp. 250-253)
I. War in the Pacific Causes Fear
B. The Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps from
1942 until the end of the war in 1945.
II. War Brings New Jobs and People
B. The President called on Henry Kaiser to help build ships. His
shipyard built nearly 700 ships during the war.
C. World War II changed the lives of many women and black
Americans who worked at many kinds of jobs to help the war effort.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Californians feared that Japanese Americans might help the Japanese
after the attack on Pear Harbor in Hawaii.
A. California workers played a big part in manufacturing ships
and other goods needed for the war.
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