Digital WWII DBQs
Analyze and assess the sources provided using the Jog the Web format. For each source answer the question at the top of the page. Answer all questions using a word processor. E-mail your answers to mrpiraino@gmail.com
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1Welcome to the Jog the Web Digital DBQs.
Use the page forward and back arrows on the left hand side of the window to navigate through the digital DBQs. On the top of each screen you will see questions or prompts to help you analyze/evaluate the document. Answer the questions by typing your responses using a word processor. After you have answered the questions on each source, answer the guiding question using your knowledge of all of the sources. Email your completed answers to mrpiraino@gmail.com
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2We can do it! -Records of the War Production Board 1942-1943
1. According to this document what role will women play in producing war materials? 2. Describe the appearance of the woman in the poster. Does she look femine or masculine?
http://docsteach.org/documents/535413/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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3Rosie the Riveter Song
3. Read the lyrics to the song. What does the song tell you about the expectations on women during WWII? 4. Other than working in the factories what are the other responsibilites of women during this time period?
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/r/rosietheriveter.shtml
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4Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)
5. How are the the women that joined the WAVES different from the women that worked in the factories? How were they similar? 6. What jobs did the WAVES perform?
http://docsteach.org/documents/520670/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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5Story of Delana Jensen Close
7. Describe how Delana's job at the Yuba factory made her different from other female workers during this time period.
http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/delana.htm
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6Wanted for Murder
8. Why was this poster created? What is careless talk and whose lives will be lost? 9. What does this poster tell you about how Americans viewed women during this time period?
http://docsteach.org/documents/513599/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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7Together We Win
10. What does this poster tell you about racial relations in the U.S. during WWII? 11. How is this image different from racial relations prior to the war?
http://docsteach.org/documents/513820/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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8A Step in the Right Direction
12. What does this image tell you about race relation in the U.S. during this time period? 13. How is this image similar to and different than the previous poster?
http://docsteach.org/documents/535604/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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9Langston Hughes, “Beaumont to Detroit" Poem 1943
14. Read the poem by Langston Hughes. How does the poem show a different side of race relations than the previous images? 15. According to Hughes, what is worse than facism and nazism? Why?
http://lisahistory.net/hist111/pw/docs/WWII.htm
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10Detroit Race Riots
Recruiters toured the South convincing whites and blacks to head north with promises of high wages in the new war factories. They arrived in such numbers that it was impossible to house them all. The summer of 1941 saw an epidemic of street corner fights involving blacks and Polish youths who were terrorizing black neighborhoods in Detroit. Early in June 1943, 25,000 Packard plant workers, who produced engines for bombers and PT boats, stopped work in protest of the promotion of three blacks. A handful of agitators whipped up animosity against the promotions. During the strike a voice outside the plant reportedly shouted, "I'd rather see Hitler and Hirohito win than work beside a nigger on the assembly line. 16. What does this picture and description tell you about racial relation in the U.S. during WWII?
http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/historygallery/rvm_riot/index5.html
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11Double V Sticker
17. What were African Americans fighting for during WWII? Which was more important?
http://www.laborarts.org/collections/item.cfm?itemid=110
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12Tuskegee Airmen
18. What role did the Tuskegee Airmen play in WWII?
http://www.frankambrose.com/pages/tusk.html
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13Above and Beyond
Dorie Miller was stationed on board the USS West Virginia as a mess cook (only jobs African-Americans were allowed) and he was also the ship's heavyweight boxing champ. During the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor he manned a .50 caliber ship gun and saved the lives of countless sailors. Dorie was awarded the Navy Cross by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, on board the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 1942- the first African-American to receive the award. 19. What is the purpose of using Dorie Miller in a Navy poster during WWII? 20. How is this portrayal of African-Americans different from "real-life" experiences of African-Americans?
http://docsteach.org/documents/513747/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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14Japanese Exclusion Order
21. How did the U.S. government treat Japanese-Americans during WWII?
http://docsteach.org/documents/536017/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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15Dr Seuss View of Japanese
22. What reasoning does the U.S. government and Dr. Seuss use to explain why the Japanese-Americans need to be relocated? 23. What stereotypes are evident in the cartoon?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-v4iHoeg3kU/TPHus2qT6aI/AAAAAAAAAN8/7_x4yLMI8uA/s1600/dr-seuss-fifth-column-1943.jpeg.jpg
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16The Hirano Family
24. How is this image of Japanese-Americans different from the previous cartoon? 25. During a time of war/crisis which is more important, protecting individual rights/freedoms or national security? (Opinion)
http://docsteach.org/documents/535989/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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17Hispanic Americans
26. What role did Hispanics play in the WWII homefront experience?
http://docsteach.org/documents/596405/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&limit_to%5B%5D=starred&sortBy=arc_id
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18Zoot Suit Riot
27. What happened in Los Angeles on June 7,1943? 28. What does the Zoot Suit Riot tell you about racial relations in the U.S. during WWII?
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/May-June-08/On-this-Day--Zoot-Suit-Riots-Begin-in-Los-Angeles.html
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19Guiding Question
29. Now that you have analyzed several sources about the homefront experience during WWII answer the following question with a strong thesis statement.
30.Then outline how you would write a full DBQ essay. Do not write the essay, just show how you would organize it and list any specific evidence that you would use.
Assess the validity of the following statement: " The World War II experience allowed both minorities and women to make social and economic advancements in the United States."