Historian Perspectives WW2 Article

5. Famous African American fighter pilot unit that challenged racist assumptions.
8. One of the most well-known Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII.
9. Movement of over one million African Americans to industrial cities.
11. Official term often used by the government for the forced removal of Japanese Americans.
12. Unfair treatment based on race, gender, or ethnicity.
13. Mexican labor program that brought workers to U.S. farms during WWII.
16. Forced relocation and imprisonment of Japanese Americans.
17. Historian who focused on Black political activism.
19. Historian who analyzed economic benefits of the Bracero Program.
20. Style of clothing tied to 1940s youth culture and racial tensions in Los Angeles.
21. Historian who argued war industries reinforced gender roles.
23. Housing discrimination that limited minority access to postwar neighborhoods and loans.
26. Organizing people and resources for war.
27. Workplaces where many women found wartime jobs.

1. Racial separation still practiced in the U.S. during WWII.
2. Ranking system of power based on race or gender.
3. Famous Japanese American Regimental Combat Team.
4. Government limits on consumer goods like sugar, gas, and meat during WWII.
6. Historian who examined contradictions in federal policy.
7. Loyalty to country, often proven through wartime service.
10. WWII campaign calling for victory abroad and victory against racism at home.
14. Veteran benefit program for education and housing.
15. Value the U.S. claimed to defend abroad while denying equality at home.
18. Wartime movement that pressured Franklin D. Roosevelt to address discrimination in defense jobs.
22. Government messages designed to shape public opinion.
24. Riveter icon symbolizing female wartime workers.
25. Historian known for studying Japanese American incarceration.