m Begin by choosing a classmate.

m Put both of your names on the slip of paper that I

will handout to each of you.
m The two of you are going to have a conversation
of words. The first person is going to answer the
question, and your partner is going to respond to
your answer in writing. The question goes as
follows:
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 any believe that Native Americans biggest impact came
on the actual battlefront.
A 1942 survey revealed that 40% more Native Americans
voluntarily joined than had been drafted
A strong Tradition of Warriors: On the day of Pearl Harbor
records show a total of 5,000 Native Americans enlisted,
this number increased to 22,000 by 1945

 ass Exodus from the Reservations:

From the start to the end of WW2 40,000 men and
women left the reservations for the first time.
m Native Americans were
a strong component to
some of their military
units.
m With their contributions
to the war, many
believed that WW2
represented Native
Americans inclusion
into mainstream
American society.
m atinos during the WW2
era fought both on the
battle front and on the
home front
m atinos also took jobs
working in military good
manufacturing, but many
more took the advantage
of the need for workers in
the agriculture economy.
m 0panish for ³workers,´
Braceros were brought to the
United 0tates in an agreement
between exico and the U.0.
m The two nations would provide
Braceros with transportation,
food, shelter, and medical in
exchange for work in the
agricultural economy of the
nation. Between 1942-1947,
the countries brought more
than 200,000 mostly men to
the United 0tates. These men
were spread throughout the
Western Region of the U.0.
m African Americans continued to be discriminated
against. egal separation assured that African
Americans continued to be oppressed.
m Despite the constant discrimination African Americans
played an important role in both the battle front and
home front.
m ore than 2 million African Americans migrated to the
north, following employment opportunities, when they
arrived they found trouble finding appropriate housing.
African Americans ended up in urban ghettos where
their population was highly concentrated.
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What you should have written down«
Native Americans came out in masses to voluntarily register
for military action. The amount of Native Americans in the
armed forces multiplied by four, 22,000 registered during the
WW2 era.
Natives experienced a much different experience than
African American soldiers that were often segregated from
their white counterparts. Natives good warriors during WW2,
and they used their Native language to deliver messages that
could not be intercepted by Axis soldiers.
 exican Americans and atinos also joined the armed
forces in large numbers, although the impact that they felt
was at home. exican Americans went to work in all of the
military industries, while a deal was made between exico
and the U.0.
Braceros were imported in by the United 0tates and exican
governments to fill the needs of the agricultural economy. These
workers and their families faced all types of discrimination and racism.
Braceros felt the backlash of Americans who felt that these individuals
took jobs away from Americans.

oot 0uitors were groups of exican-American teenagers that
protested white standards with their style and lavish outfits. Due to
this protest they were treated unfairly by police and citizens alike.
African Americans continued to be discriminated against, African-
Americans that moved away from the south lived in segregated urban
ghettos, and separated school systems. They were able to find jobs
in the manufacturing industry, but did not gain access to the same
services as other Americans.
African-American 0oldiers fought in segregated units despite
volunteering to go to war. any felt conflicted by the idea that they
were in Europe fighting a Fascist government (Germany), but faced
racism and prejudice in their own country.