HIST 2112 Rise of Hitler o During the Great Depression Japanese attack Pearl Harbor o December 7th 1941 WWII o Two separate wars Against Japan in Asia Against Germany in Europe WWII ends the depression o Massive economic production Factories working around the clock o Unemployment is practically zero o Wages are good Government pegged them at a certain level o Bottom 20 of workers income went up 68 60 million dead o Half Russian WWII was a total war o Everyone was involved in the war Combat Production WPB War Production Board o Organizing production Oversaw manufacturing process Set wages Allocated supplies 10 of black Americans moved up north during the war o Chicago o New York o Detroit Move north dream deferred o Terrible segregation up north as well o Segregation in the service Military had a southern social culture o Cannot discriminate on the job on the base Most were pretty pertinent on giving up their jobs Little immigration to the south 1924 1965 o Cannot immigrate legally to the US from Asia Japanese sent to camps in spring of 1942 o 100 000 people o Opened back up in 1944
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