WWII – The Homefront The Main Idea: WWII did not just affect the lives of the men in the military....
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WWII – The Homefront The Main Idea: WWII did not just affect the lives of the men in the military. It affected the lives of every man, woman & child back
WWII The Homefront The Main Idea: WWII did not just affect the
lives of the men in the military. It affected the lives of every
man, woman & child back home in the U.S.A.
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Not all of us can have the privilege of fighting our enemies in
distant parts of the world... But there is one front and one battle
where everyone in the United States is in action. That front is
right here at home.
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Three main ways Americans at home contributed to the war effort
1.Labor 2.Conserving food & goods 3.Investing in the
government
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Labor War resulted in increase in American industrial
production Economy converted from civilian to military production
Automobile companies Tanks & Airplanes Machine shops Pistols
& Ammunition Textiles Uniforms & Parachutes
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Increase of Labor Force Year Total labor force Armed
forcesUnemployed Unemploymen t rate (%)
193955,588,000370,0009,480,00017.2
194056,180,000540,0008,120,00014.6
194157,530,0001,620,0005,560,0009.9
194260,380,0003,970,0002,660,0004.7
194364,560,0009,020,0001,070,0001.9
194466,040,00011,410,000670,0001.2
194565,290,00011,430,0001,040,0001.9
194660,970,0003,450,0002,270,0003.9
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Women enter the labor force to replace men ROSIE THE RIVETER
Cultural icon that represented the new female labor force Women
made up About 30% of the labor Force during WWII
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Conserving Food & Goods After the U.S. enters war, the
government begins RATIONING Limiting the amount of certain products
that each individual could purchase Examples of Rationed Goods:,
sugar, gasoline, bicycles, footwear, fuel oil, Silk, Nylon, coffee,
stoves, shoes, meat, lard, shortening and oils, butter, margarine,
processed foods, dried fruits, canned milk, firewood and coal
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Each family given a Ration Book... Goods could only be
purchased with stamps
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Victory Gardens Because food was in such short supply,
Americans were encouraged to plant Victory Gardens. Spare land was
used to plant gardens to grow extra food Vegetables, herbs &
fruits. Gardens were planted on rooftops in cities, backyards,
vacant lots, school yards, etc.
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Significance of Victory Gardens Over 20 million Victory Gardens
planted producing 8 million tons of produce Reduced pressure on the
food supply United communities & encouraged patriotism
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Children were able to contribute by organizing to collect scrap
metal Millions of tons of scrap metal was collected and melted down
to help produce parts of ships, tanks, ammunition and other weapons
for the war effort
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Investing in the Government The U.S. government needed to raise
money to fund the war War Bonds: Loans made by citizens to the U.S.
government to raise capital for financing military operations
during the war
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How it worked Citizens loaned money to the government by
purchasing War Bonds Provides capital for government to spend on
the war effort AFTER THE WAR... Citizens cashed in their Bonds and
received their money back
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ANOTHER WAY AMERICANS SHOWED PATRIOTISM AND PERFORMED THEIR
CIVIC DUTY
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By the end of the War... 85 Million Americans had purchased War
Bonds $185 Billion raised to fund the war effort
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The Office of War Information Agency established by the U.S.
Government responsible to encourage Americans to support the war
through propaganda, information and ideas.
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Fear of Minorities U.S. government feared disloyalty and
sedition from German, Italian & Japanese Americans
Japanese-Americans faced the worse prejudice
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Executive Order 9066 Order signed by Roosevelt making portions
of the United States military zones giving the U.S. military the
power to remove Japanese-Americans from these areas. Order 9066 I
hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military
Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or
any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable,
to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he
or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any
or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the
right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject
to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate
Military Commander may impose in his discretion.
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Mostly affected Japanese living in California, Washington,
Oregon & Arizona 110,000 Japanese- Americans removed from their
homes & business
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Japanese Internment Camps Japanese forced to leave there homes
with only what they could carry. Thousands of Japanese-Americans
forced to live in Internment Camps