Task: Answer the following questions from the bottom of page 278 to the bottom of page 286 (Ch 14) in A Different Mirror for Young People. 1. What were the roles of African Americans in WWII? African Americans served bravely in all branches of the military. Most often given the lowliest task and most dangerous jobs. 2. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? The first Black military pilots in the nation were trained at Tuskegee Air Force Base. They earned respect for their bravery in the dangerous skies over France and Germany, where they protected white pilots. 3. What were FDR’s attitudes toward race? Roosevelt signed an executive order that banned racial or ethnic discrimination in employment for government or defense jobs. 4. Why did FDR give in to integrating the defense industry? The real pressure for integration in the defense indus- tries, though, came from the need for labor in the steel mills, shipbuilding yards, aircraft plants, and munitions factories that built America’s war machines. 5. Why would Chinese Americans join the military in WWII? Chinese Americans wanted to enlist in the armed forces in order to gain respect.They felt they were part of a great patriotic American force. 6. What had been the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act? TYPE HERE 7. How did Mexican American civilians contribute to the war effort? TYPE HERE