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America Joins the War: Home Front. Internment. In addition to Japanese Americans about 2,000 German and Italian residents were also interned About 2,000 Germans were sent back to Germany or sent to Latin American prisons. Executive Order 9066. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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America Joins the War: Home Front
In addition to Japanese Americans
about 2,000 German and Italian residents were also interned
About 2,000 Germans were sent back to Germany or sent to Latin American prisons
Internment
Executive Order
9066 1942 FDR issued
Executive Order 9066 to force the relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast
Japanese lived in compounds that were crowded and primitive
The move was racially motivated
Internment Camps
War Bonds
To pay for the war the Government issued War bonds and encouraged people to buy them
WWII cost 10 times more than WWI
U.S. will become a debtor nation rather than creditor
Minorities in WWII
Tuskegee Airmen- African American fighter group in the Air Corp
Native Americans and Mexican Americans also enlisted
Rationing
Rationing the amount of goods a person could obtain
Used to share in the sacrifices of war The government rationed goods like coffee,
tires, gas, and clothing Ration coupons were issued to each family
Victory Gardens
Home gardens that provided food for troops and civilians
The Office of War
Information Wrote Pro Allied info Anti-Axis
propaganda The OWI produced
its own radio and movie programs and became the voice of America
Women in the
Work Force Women took on jobs
traditionally held by men so that the men could enlist in the war effort. Jobs like shipbuilding and aircraft production