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What was the cause and effect of the Double V Campaign?
Cause: Discrimination against African Americans during WWII. Effect: Inspired the Civil Rights Movement.
What was the cause and effect of the G.I. Bill's discriminatory implementation?
Cause: Local administration of the G.I. Bill. Effect: Widening of the racial wealth gap.
What was the cause and effect of the Tuskegee Airmen's success?
Cause: Their impressive combat record. Effect: Desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948.
What was the cause and effect of segregation in the military?
Cause: Racial prejudice and discrimination. Effect: The Double V Campaign and increased calls for civil rights.
Who was James G. Thompson?
Writer of the 1942 letter that inspired the Double V Campaign.
Who was Dorie Miller?
An African American WWII hero.
Who was Charles Thomas?
An African American WWII hero.
Who was Benjamin O. Davis Jr.?
First Black general in the Air Force and Tuskegee Airman.
Who was Roscoe Brown?
A notable Tuskegee Airman.
Who was Major Charity E. Adams?
Highest-ranking Black woman in the Army during WWII, led the 6888th.
Who was Captain Mary Kearney?
Captain who inspected the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
Define segregation.
The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
What was the Double V Campaign?
A campaign during WWII that called for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.
Define redlining.
The practice of denying services, such as mortgages, to residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity.
What were restrictive covenants?
Clauses in property deeds that prohibited the sale or rental of property to specific groups, often African Americans.
Define 'sorties'.
A combat mission of an aircraft.
What is fascism?
An authoritarian political system characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong central control.
What is the G.I. Bill?
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, which provided benefits to veterans of WWII.
Define discrimination.
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
What does 'race-neutral' mean?
Appearing to be unbiased towards any particular race.
What does 'catalyst' mean?
A person or thing that precipitates an event.