WW2 and Civil Rights
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| Allied Powers | United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union (Russia)
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| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan
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| What caused the war to begin in Europe? | Germany invaded Poland
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| What caused America to get involved in the war? | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
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| How did new military training facilities in Louisiana contribute to the state? | Provided jobs, Soldiers paychecks were spend in Louisiana (helping our economy)
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| How did war supplies and machinery contribute to Louisiana? | Provided factory jobs, boosted our economy, and industrialized our economy.
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| How did the role of women and race relations change during the WWII? | Women took over men's jobs and African Americans gained higher
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| How did rationing and shortages affect Louisiana's citizens? | Limited citizens' freedoms and what consumers could buy.
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| What impact did the Higgins Boat have on WWII? | Transported troops and military vehicles toopen beaches helping us win the war.
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| What impact did the port of New Orleans have on the WWII? | Shipping crops and military supplies to allies helped to win the war
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| What impact did German U-boats have on American shipping in the gulf? | Tried to cut off trade between American and allies (Great Britain)
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| What was the purpose of the literacy tests of the 1960s? | To stop African Americans from voting in large numbers
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| What affect did the literacy test have on African Americans' ability to vote? | Dramatically decreased the number of African Americans able to vote.
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| How did African Americans retaliate against the literacy tests? | Protests and Boycotts
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| What was Ordinance 222? | Eliminated reserved seating on busses, but bus drivers went onstrike
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| What was Ordinance 251? | Only reserved seats on first and last rows of busses, the rest were free-game
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| How did African Americansretaliate against segregation on busses? | Boycotted the busses by creating "Free-Rides"
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| What were Sit-Ins? | A form of peaceful protest in which protesters sit and refuse to leave a premises
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| Who was Ruby Bridges? | First black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans.
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| What was the Brown v. Board of Education court case about? | Desegregating public schools
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| What was the verdict of the Brown v. Board case? | Segregation of public schools were unfair and unconstitutional
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| What previous court case decision did the Brown v. Board case overturn? | Plessy v. Ferguson
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