Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 11, Lesson 1, California in Wartime (pp. 250-253)
I. War in the Pacific Causes Fear
B. Thousands of Japanese Americans were forced to live in internment camps from 1942 until just before 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 industries opened opportunities to many women and black Americans who worked at many kinds of jobs to help the war effort.
D. Mexican Americans found jobs after the war that were not open to them before World War II.
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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