The Consequences of the War at home

• There were consequences of the War on the economy, on the conditions of African Americans and when dealing with the "Alien enemy"
• Concerning the consequences of the war on the U.S. economy,

  • WWII helped turning the page of the Great Depression.
  • There was an industrialization of the U.S. to help the Allies.
  • And Women working showed they could have an different role in society
• The WWII help improving the conditions of African Americans when

  • It was the start of the Civil Rights movement : African Americans obtained jobs in arms factories
• In 1942, the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper launched the "Double Victory campaign". African Americans were encouraged to fight Nazism and enlist in the armed forces and fight segregation at home.
• The FBI investigated foreign nationals under the Alien Enemy Act (based on suspicions) they would invest. It was based on no factual proofs.
• In February 1942, FDR signed an order authorizing the removal of individuals from the "exclusion zones" -> paranoid ideas.
• What meant the removal of individuals from the exclusion zones ?

  Both immigrants and American citizens were detained, placed in internment camps, lost their homes and jobs (it was only based on ethnicity)
• There was around 120,000 Japanese and Japanese-descended individuals ; 15,000 Italians / Americans ; 10,000 Germans / Americans in the internment camps.