African Amercians & Women 1941

Question 1

How many African Americans joined or were conscripted in to the armed force?

Answer 1

1 million

Question 2

What impact did the lack of segregation in Britain have on African Americans who were stationed in Britain during the war?

Answer 2

They began to question the Jim Crow laws

Question 3

How many African Americans were working in factories producing war materials by 1944

Answer 3

Two million

Question 4

What significant difference did African Americans who moved from the south to the north notice?

Answer 4

They saw that segregation was not the norm in Northern States.

Question 5

What African Americans moved north to work in various industries and what impact did the lack of segregation have?

Answer 5

Expectations began to change among African American Communities this meant that they no longer wanted to be treated as second class citizens and for the law to enforced the same as it was for white Americans.

Question 6

What was NAACP, what did it stand for and by how much did it membership rise by?

Answer 6

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured people was the main organisation who campaigned for equal rights. Its membership rose from 50,000 to 500,000 by the end of the war.

Question 7

What proportion of Aircraft workers were women after 1941

Answer 7

1/3

Question 8

What proportion of Aircraft workers were women after 1941?

Answer 8

1/2

Question 9

How many women joined the Women’s Army Corps during the war?

Answer 9

200,000

Question 10

The percentage of married women who worked during the war went up by how much?

Answer 10

35% to 50% between 1941 and 1945

Question 11

What were women generally expected to do once the war was finished regarding jobs?

Answer 11

Give up their job and return to the home