WW2 and South Carolina by Jordan Wilson https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw en-us 2017-03-16 13:13:21 UTC 2017-03-17 13:16:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Doolittle Raiders jordan_wilson2 https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160514175 -Americans wanted revenge after the attack on Pearl Harbor
-Jimmy Doolittle assembled a crew of 80 pilots
-They planned to use 16 B-25 bombers
-They took off from the deck of the USS Hornet.
-They successfully hit all their targets but then ran out of fuel.
--8 crew members were captured
-The Japanese executed three of their prisoners.
-This forced Japan to move to air defense]]> 2017-03-16 13:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160514175 South Carolina Economy is helped jordan_wilson2 https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160516505 -They hired women for factories because their demand for workers were increasing.
-Between 1939 and 1943, the textile mills increased more than 60 percent.
-Military bases started to employ more people.]]> 2017-03-16 13:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160516505 After The War jordan_wilson2 https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160517633 -President Roosevelt called the South "the nation's number one economic problem."
-Many Americans moved to South Carolina to take advantage of many job opportunities the war created.
-People worried that the region would lose jobs.

]]> 2017-03-16 13:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160517633 The Tuskegee Airmen jordan_wilson2 https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160518873 - They would split into the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group.
-They earned a lot of medals from the military.
-They were nearly successful in all of their missions.
-It used airfield for combat training]]> 2017-03-16 13:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160518873 People Help Back Home jordan_wilson2 https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160520101 -Made many sacrifices during the war.
-planted "victory gardens"
-Many Americans purchased war bonds to show patriotism and support for the war.
-They loaned money to the government.]]> 2017-03-16 13:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_wilson2/b82bzueuavzw/wish/160520101