The Golden Newspaper
Charlotte, North Carolina
Do You Think The Bombing
Of Pearl Harbor Would Have
Been Coming Our Way
Sooner Or Later?
By: Lejoy Grant
Just weeks after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor that happened on
December 7, 1941, the war is still going
on but it is yet getting worse. The
bombing killed and wounded 3,000
American soldiers and
destroyed 20+ naval vessels and
battleships, and more than 300
airplanes were destroyed also. Just
one day after the attack, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress
to declare war on Japan.
approved. This attack was a surprise to
many but not all.
Sooner or later, this was going to
happen. The U.S. and Japan has been
in conflict for years. America was
unhappy towards Japans bad attitude
towards China. The Japanese
government thinks that the only way to
solve their economic and statistics
problems is to expand its neighbors
territory and obtain its market. Japan
declared war on China in 1937 to end
this. America responded saying without
access to money, goods, and essential
supplies like oil, Japan couldnt expand.
Americas word made Japan more
determined to stand their ground and
expand.
Japans plan was to destroy
Americas pacific fleet so Americans
wouldnt be able to fight back as
Japans fighter planes were destroyed
the whole south pacific. Every battle
ship in the Pearl Harbor in Arizona,
Oklahoma, California, West Virginia,
Utah, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, and Nevada
destroyed.
One day after the attack on
December 8, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt spoke to the citizens of
America saying the United States of
America was suddenly and deliberately
attacked. He went on to say, No
September 2, 1945
matter how long it may take us to prepared and the camps were not yet
overcome this premeditated invasion, completed. Most Japanese had to stay
the American people in their righteous in temporary shelters such as stables
might will win through to absolute and racetracks.
victory. I believe I interpret the will of
the Congress and of the people when I
The Bombing of Hiroshima &
assert that we will not only defend Nagasaki Was Brutal, To The
ourselves to the uttermost, but will Nation & People
make very certain that this form of By: Huong Y
treachery shall never endanger us
again. We hope everything will be On August 6, 1945, the United
okay and back to normal, or will it? States dropped the atomic bomb on
Executive Order 9066 & Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They
dropped the atomic bomb n Hiroshima
Korematsu v. United States, on August 6, 1945 and in Nagasaki on
Was It Necessary? August 9, 1945. This affected the
By: Huong Y
peoples health. The atomic bomb was
brutal due to the radiation exposure.
During the summer of 1942, The exposure caused victims to burn
Japanese were forced to stay in the and other illnesses such as cancer. The
internment camps in the United States, most deadly effect from the atomic
sailors,
regardless of citizenship, as a bomb was leukemia. Many people died.
consequence for the attack on Pearl After the bomb was dropped in
Harbor. It lead to President Roosevelt Hiroshima, about 140,000 people died
signing an executive order (Executive and when the bomb was dropped in
Order 9066) on February 19, 1942. The Nagasaki, about 80,000 people died.
purpose of the executive order was for This effect brought the war to a
They
security to the Americans. Many complete end.
Japanese were incarcerated in the
United States internment camps. More
than 66% of Japanese, which were
American citizens and born in the U.S.
were sent to internment camps. But
because of the Executive Order 9066,
it lead to the supreme court case,
Korematsu v. United States in 1944.
The court was concerning the
executive order President Roosevelt
In World War I, America gets mad
signed. When the executive order was
revoked, many Japanese were not able when other nations attack and kills
innocent American citizens but what
to go back to their hometown.
they dont realize is that they are killing
other innocent citizens from other
nations. I think that maybe America
couldve ended the war in a less violent
way instead of causing so many victims
to die. But also if they war continued it
would have caused other problems.
America didnt want anymore problems
so they quickly ended the war with the
atomic bomb.
Maybe having Japanese in the
was United States would have been scary
considering that Japan attacked Pearl
Harbor. America just wanted to be safe
and make sure that the Japanese in
America wouldnt do anything. But
making the Japanese move to
internment camps was probably too far.
Also President Roosevelt wasnt
 Atomic Bomb On Japan
Cities Nagasaki &
Hiroshima Or Wrong
By: Lejoy Grant
Since President Franklin D.
Roosevelt died in May 1945, new
President Harry S. Truman was forced
to make a difficult decision.. Should he
or should he not use the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb does a lot of killing
and destruction and can kill up to tens
of thousands of citizens in Japan.
Before he dropped the bomb, on July
26, 1945, he demanded Japan to
surrender but they didnt respond. He
decided to use the atomic bomb. On
August 6, America dropped an atomic
bomb on Japanese city Hiroshima.
This killed 70,000 people instantly and
destroyed thousands of buildings.
Japan still did not surrender. Three
days later on August 9, America
dropped a second atomic bomb on
Japanese city Nagasaki. This killed
75,000 and tens of thousands of
citizens would later die from radiation
poisoning. The atomic bomb did more
damage then the bombing on Pearl
Harbor. This will take decades to
repair. A German priests named
Father John A. Seimes was in
Hiroshima while the bomb dropped and
described the explosion:
Suddenly the whole valley is their color skin. African Americans
filled by a garish light which resembles
the magnesium light used in
photography, and I am conscious of a
wave of heat. I jump to the window to
find out the cause of this remarkable
phenomenon, but I see nothing more
than brilliant yellow light I realize now
that a bomb has burst Was this
bombing victory or a depressing event?
U. S. Reaction To Horrific
Holocaust That Left Soldiers
Terrified
By: Lejoy Grant
When American troops arrived to
one of the Nazi Concentration Camps
in Auschwitz-Birkenau, troops were
horrified. There were more than 100
dead bodies there and the remaining
Jews that were barely alive locked
away in a cellar. The Jews were
starved and very skinny. Millions of
Jews were imprisoned and only a
fraction survived.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
established the War Refugee Board in
1943. The War Refugee Board took
remarkable risks to save Jews that
were trapped in Europe. WRB
negotiated with neutral countries in the
war to allow refugees to cross their
borders to help Jews escape from
Romania and Bulgaria to enter the
country Palestine.
WRB convinced Roosevelt to
open a refugee camp in Upstate, New
York which housed 1,000 people,
mainly Jews from Italy. WRB also
released a report written by rescued
Jews from Auschwitz-Birkenau camp
letting Americans know about the Nazi
mass murder using gas chambers,
starving them, or beating them to
death. Taking more actions? I think
were doing just fine!
This Is For
African-Americans
By: Huong Y
The Double V Campaign was a
campaign for the freedom and
democracy of African Americans. It
stood for two victories: a victory at
home and a victory abroad. This started
on February 7, 1942 in Allegheny,
Pennsylvania. During the war, African
Americans were treated unfairly and
didnt have much freedom because of
became intolerable about segregation
and discrimination so they started this
campaign with many supporters.
I think that African Americans were
treated unfairly. The color of a skin
shouldnt matter but its who they are
should matter.
Zoot Suit Riots
By: Huong Y
The Zoot Suit Riots was a series of
racial attacks in June 1943 in Los
Angeles, California. It was between
Mexican American youths
European American
stationed in Southern California. It was
named the Zoot Suit Riot because of
what they wore. The riots began on
June 3, 1943, after a group of sailors
stated that they had been attacked by a
group of Mexican American zoot
suiters. Many zoot suiters were beat up
or killed by being burned as well as protect the stock market and the
other people like minorities by
servicemen. As a result many Mexican
youths were arrested, even the ones
that were already attacked.
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Hows the Economy?
By: Huong Y
Before World War II and the
Great Depression, stock markets were
on the rise. People thought that this
would continue and that stocks would
always be on the rise but soon this
wasnt true. The economy was being
unfair to the people. The higher class
were getting paid more and paid less
taxes than the lower class. This lead to
the fall of the American economy which
took a severe downward dive, also
known as the Great Depression. Many
people loss their jobs and banks were
failing. Any money that was in the bank
people would not get back and the
money in the bank wasnt kept safe it
was used for other things. In 1933.
and Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected
servicemen president. The lives of Americans
greatly increased. Roosevelt created a
program known as the New Deal. The
New Deal made public work programs
that gave jobs to the unemployed and it
provided money for welfare and other
relief programs. The New Deal also
created new regulations to reform and
banking system.
 Blitzkrieg
Germany Attacks
By: Huong Y
German forces used a new strategy for
in their attack on Poland. Blitzkrieg surrendered and the Allies won their
emphasized speed and close victory.
coordination between planes in the air
and fast moving forces on the ground.
A blitzkrieg began with air attacks that
damaged defenses and it caused
people to panic. The German attack on
Poland was devastating because they
quickly destroyed Polands air force.
Poland soldiers still fought bravely and
strong but it wasnt enough to stop the
Germans.
In September of 1940, the London
Blitz began with the Germans bombing
London. Their goal was to terrorize the
British so they would lose the will to
fight. They killed thousands of people
and destroyed many areas of the city
but despite the destruction, the British
still fought.
Battle of the Bulge
Germany Continues But
Fails
By: Huong Y
The Battle of the Bulge began on
December 16, 1944 and ended on
January 25, 1945. The bulge referred
to the wedge that the Germans drove
into the Allies. It was the largest battle
fought by the United States Army. The
Germans attempted to push the Allies
back from the German territory but
failed. The Allies had crashed the
German offensive at the Battle of the
Bulge and Germany was defeated. America won their victory. They placed
D-Day and the Invasion of Battle of the Pacific
By: Lejoy Grant
Normandy
By: Huong Y
The Allies began planning and
preparing a massive invasion in
Normandy, France. It wasnt easy
because they would have to go through
sea and against strong Germans. On
June 6, 1944, Allied forces successfully
invaded Normandy. Thousands of
troops landed on the beaches of The Battle of Coral Sea
Normandy. This day was also known as From May 4-8 1942, Japan and
D-Day because it was a huge victory America fought through aircrafts. This
the Allies. The Germans was the first air-sea battle in history.
This was Americas first war or combat
with Japan. At the beginning of the
battle, Japan was winning because
they were good at locating enemy
carriers. On May 8, America and
Australia combined but was forced to
stop. Japans goal of the battle was to
capture Port Moresby, New Guinea,
and Tulagi. Allied powers were
damaged also, but Japans damage left
the unable to fight back so America
won.
Battle of Iwo Jima
By: Huong Y
Battle of Midway
On June 3,1942, Japan attacked
the Aleutian Islands. They did this to
distract their main enemy, the Midway
Atoll. The U.S. knew exactly what
Japan was doing. They met up and
The Battle of Iwo Jima began on fought Japan on June 4, and forced
February 19, 1945 and ended on March Japan to give up the attempt to attack
26, 1945 between the United States and invade Midway. America seriously
and Japan. It started with the attacked Japans naval and air power.
Americans dropping bombs on cities of They lost all four carriers and 250
Japan. Japanese made tunnels and aircraft. After the Battle of Midway,
hiding places ready for America to Japans threat to the U.S. was
attack. The war continued for days and immediately put to an end!
the Japanese fought to the death but
Nuremberg Trials
By: Huong Y
an American flag on top of Mount
Suribachi and a photo was taken. The The Nuremberg trials was a large
photo became famous and it still is in collections of trials that took place in
the United States. Germany between the years 1945 and
1949. The trials took place in order to
bring Nazi war criminals to justice. The
Nuremberg trials, to this day are
considered to be be a major change
towards the creation of a international
law. International law helps fight
against genocide and other unlawful
crimes against humanity. Adolf Hitler
was among those being tried in court ,
but he committed suicide prior to his
hearing.