Pearl Harbor
Winston Churchill said “You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival." Pearl Harbor was an attack that happened December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor changed history in the United States of America because Pearl Harbor got the United States into World War II, World War II got the US out of the Great Depression, and Japanese were forced out of their homes.
The United States was not interested in fighting in another war until the Japanese attacked us. More than 2,000 soldiers died during the attack. The bombing no one suspected. (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor) …show more content…
There were more job opportunities for the US people. (The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945).") It gave jobs for women when previously the jobs were just for men. Types of jobs that were in World War II were doctors, miners, and farmers. Some men that were too old to worked as volunteered for firefights, APR (Air Raid Precautions ) workers, or joined the Home Guard. (http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/jobs.html) Some of the jobs just for men were: APR workers aim was to defend the allies from the threat of air-raids. ("APR Wardens during World War 2.") The Home Guard were volunteers who guarded 5,000 British coastline during the invasion by Germany. ("Home Guard World War 2.") Women who were working during World War II were building ships and airplanes. As well as driving trains fire engines, and trams. ("Striking Women.") World War II helped the economy because it gave the American people …show more content…
With lack of evinces, all of Japanese forced out of their homes. Congress passed Anti-Japanese Paranoia because they were afraid that the Japanese might be spies and might stay loyal to Japan. So they lived in a camp called "relocation centers." These camps were for all the Japanese living out in the west coast of the US. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp) Surrounded by barbed wires, American soldiers were guarding "relocation centers." The bathrooms had little to no privacy, these camps had no running water, and there was also little heat. It took 50 years but President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act which gave the innocent Japanese Americans an apology and $20,000. (http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/mineta/background.htm) This event changed US history because it shows that just because the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor does not mean all Japanese are
Winston Churchill said “You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival." Pearl Harbor was an attack that happened December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor changed history in the United States of America because Pearl Harbor got the United States into World War II, World War II got the US out of the Great Depression, and Japanese were forced out of their homes.
The United States was not interested in fighting in another war until the Japanese attacked us. More than 2,000 soldiers died during the attack. The bombing no one suspected. (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor) …show more content…
There were more job opportunities for the US people. (The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945).") It gave jobs for women when previously the jobs were just for men. Types of jobs that were in World War II were doctors, miners, and farmers. Some men that were too old to worked as volunteered for firefights, APR (Air Raid Precautions ) workers, or joined the Home Guard. (http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/jobs.html) Some of the jobs just for men were: APR workers aim was to defend the allies from the threat of air-raids. ("APR Wardens during World War 2.") The Home Guard were volunteers who guarded 5,000 British coastline during the invasion by Germany. ("Home Guard World War 2.") Women who were working during World War II were building ships and airplanes. As well as driving trains fire engines, and trams. ("Striking Women.") World War II helped the economy because it gave the American people …show more content…
With lack of evinces, all of Japanese forced out of their homes. Congress passed Anti-Japanese Paranoia because they were afraid that the Japanese might be spies and might stay loyal to Japan. So they lived in a camp called "relocation centers." These camps were for all the Japanese living out in the west coast of the US. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp) Surrounded by barbed wires, American soldiers were guarding "relocation centers." The bathrooms had little to no privacy, these camps had no running water, and there was also little heat. It took 50 years but President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act which gave the innocent Japanese Americans an apology and $20,000. (http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/mineta/background.htm) This event changed US history because it shows that just because the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor does not mean all Japanese are