Name:
Period:
Mrs. Nguyen
Directions: Below is a list of several groups of American affected by World War II: Mexican- Americans, Italian-Americans,
Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, and African-Americans.
1. Restrictions of Mexican-Americans: (Zoot-Suits)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/eng_peopleevents/e_murder.html -Read about the
Sleepy Lagoon Murder
1. **click on ‘’zoot-suiters’, describe them.
2. After the Sleepy Lagoon Murder of 1942, how did the LAPD respond?
3. Describe the Zoot Suit Riot of 1943. ***click on ‘Zoot Suit Riot’ for more intriguing
details!
2. Restrictions on Italian-Americans: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/wviacla.htm
1. When did the Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act apply exactly?
2. Give 3 restrictions placed on Italian-Americans during WWII.
3. Restrictions on German-Americans:
http://www.foitimes.com/internment/gasummary.htm
1. How did the U.S. government and many Americans view German-Americans during
WWII? WHY?
2. **scroll down to the ‘Timeline’ : Give at least 2 restrictions or civil violations against
German-Americans between Dec. 7, 1941 and May 7, 1945.
Name:
Period:
Mrs. Nguyen
3. Give at least 2 restrictions or civil violations against German-Americans between May
7, 1945 (after Germany surrenders) and August 1948.
4. Go to google.com and search “German-American Internment Camps”; look at the
‘images’ & describe them.
4. Political demands of African Americans after WWII: (scroll down to the end)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart8.html
1. President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941, what was it?
2. **scroll down to ‘A Threatened March on Washington—1941’. What was this ‘march
for’? And, who led it?
5. Restrictions on Japanese-Americans: http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html
1. What did Executive Order 9066 do? And the Civil Liberties Act of 1988?
2. Go to google.com and search “Japanese-Internment Camps”, click on images; describe
at least 4 pictures.
3. Google “Korematsu vs. United States”, what was the result of this court case?