The Homefront

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ObjectiveObjective

•10.03 – Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.

Key TermsKey Terms

War bondsBaby boomersFair DealG.I. BillKorematsu v. United

States, 1944LevittownNorthern MigrationMiddle class

Rosie the RiveterSelective Service ActAFL-CIOTaft-Hartley ActWACSWar Production

BoardJapanese American

InternmentRationing

The HomefrontThe Homefront

•“Home” – United States•“Front” – Line of battle•How is the war being waged

in the U.S.?

•Total War – all sectors of society are mobilized for war

RestrictionsRestrictions

Selective Service ActSelective Service Act

The The

Draft!!!Draft!!!

War Production BoardWar Production Board

• Shift away from laissez faire

• Gov’t Regulation– Production of goods– Consumption of

resources…• Gasoline• Heating oil• Metals• Rubber• Plastics

Office of Price Office of Price AdministrationAdministration

• Price controls• Rent controls

RationingRationing

RationingRationing

Victory GardensVictory Gardens

War BondsWar Bonds

Taft-Hartley ActTaft-Hartley Act

• Anti-union law• Fear of communism…

Cold War coming

A.F.L.-C.I.O.A.F.L.-C.I.O.

•A.F. of L. (1886)•Breakaway – C.I.O. (1938)•Reunited into AFL-CIO (1955)•Refrained from strikes during the war

Internment CampsInternment Camps

Korematsu v. U.S.Korematsu v. U.S.

• Executive Order 9066

• Wartime powers of government

• Civil rights

Black SoldiersBlack Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

Tuskegee Airmen

OpportunitiesOpportunities

War IndustryWar Industry

National War Labor BoardNational War Labor Board

• Government arbitration…

• …no interruptions in production

Rosie the RiveterRosie the Riveter

W.A.C.S.W.A.C.S.

Womens’ Army Corps

Navajo Code TalkersNavajo Code Talkers

Great MigrationGreat Migration

““Double V” CampaignDouble V” Campaign

A. Philip RandolphA. Philip Randolph

March on Washington Movement

Executive Order Executive Order 88028802

•“Fair Employment”•No racial discrimination in defense industry

Bracero ProgramBracero Program

•Temporary Mexican agricultural laborers

G.I. BillG.I. Bill

Passed in 1944Federal aid to veterans•Education•Housing•Unemployment•“Servicemen’s Readjustment Act”

Fair DealFair Deal

• Harry Truman• Extension of New

Deal– National health

insurance

• Republican Resistance

Levittown, PALevittown, PA

•William J. Levitt•Suburbia

Levittown, PALevittown, PA

• Prefabricated Homes

““Little Boxes”Little Boxes”

Little boxes on the hillside,Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,Little boxes, little boxes,Little boxes, all the same.There's a green one and a pink oneAnd a blue one and a yellow oneAnd they're all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same.

““Little Boxes”Little Boxes”

And the people in the housesAll went to the universityWhere they were put in boxesAnd they came out all the sameAnd there's doctors and lawyersAnd business executivesAnd they're all made out of ticky tackyAnd they all look just the same.

-Malvina Reynolds

Middle ClassMiddle Class

Middle ClassMiddle Class

Baby BoomBaby Boom

Births in the United States

Boomer GenerationBoomer Generation