U.S. History: Exploring Groups: How did WWII change America?: Home

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the National World War II Museum

World War II by the Numbers

Digital Collections 

Search for your ethnic group to discover photos and interviews with veterans and others.

You will explore a specific group during World War II. The purpose of this project is to explore the myriad ways that World War II fundamentally changed America. 

Groups (specific examples)

• Asian-Americans: Executive Order #9066, Incarceration, Korematsu v. U.S.
• Black / African-Americans: CORE, FEPC, A. Philip Randolph, Double V Campaign, Tuskegee Airmen, Race riots, Migration
• Indigenous / Native Americans: Navajo Code Talkers, Migration
• Mexican-Americans: Bracero Program, Zoot Suit riot
• Women: Women in Arms, Rosie the Riveter (Women's role in the armed forces, homefront, and /or propaganda