day 6

• Albert Einstein wrote FDR to inform him that Germany was developing an atomic bomb. FDR responded by gathering our countries top scientist and making them build an atomic bomb. This was secret + the Manhattan Project
• • the US began mass producing more weapons. Factories produced more tanks, airplanes + ships
  • women began working in the factors when WW2 began. The symbol for working women was a character named Rosie the Riveter
• • Phillip Randolf: Civil rights leaderfocused on achieving fair employment practices for AA
• • CORE: Congress of Racial Equality
  • James Farmer. founder of CORE
• Zoot Suit Riots: Confict in LA between Mexican - Americons + US Navy soldiers that were stationed in LA

  took place over timer resulted in death injuries
• Interment Camps: the Japanese were relocated outside of the city for their safety and because the US believed some were spies
• Karematsu vs. US:

  Korematsu believed the government didnt have the right to relocate his famly. The court ruled that during a war, this was legal