Tuesday, April 23, 2013

U.S Gets Ready For The Fight

1. Who was Phillip Randolph,  and why did he and president Roosevelt meet?
- Phillip Randolph was a African American labor leader who with African Americans, protested to get better jobs. He and president Roosevelt met because Roosevelt feared that the march might provoke resentment on white people so he called out Phillip Randolph to back down on it.

2. Who were the WAAC's and why were they important to the war effort?
-The WAAC's were a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. They served honorably as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio opertors, etc.

3.How well did African Americans do during WWII?
- African Americans at first started off bad by being segregated and getting bad jobs, but at the end they started to do better and got the jobs that were needed for the war.



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