Tuesday, April 23, 2013

U.S. gets ready for the fight



1 Who was Phillip Randolph, and why did he and President Roosevelt meet?
President and founder of the Brotherhood of sleeping car porters. Roosevelt call him to back down because of a march that Randolph made so that would let African American to be more equal and that they could fight for there country.
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http://goo.gl/AmNpB

2 Who were the WAACs, and why were they important to the war effort?
They were the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps it allow men to go fight and the women do the work as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators and more.

3 How well did African American do during WWII?
At the beginning they weren't doing doing to well, they couldn't fight for there country and they worked in segregated units. Later after the march that Randolph do and Roosevelt let them, the African-American got more equality.

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