THE WAR AT HOME Chapter 24 Section 3
Organizing for War Congress enacts a draft law requiring people to serve for the entire war More than 15 million men served in the U.S. military Hundreds of thousands of women served as nurses and in noncombat roles. (ex-WACs ferried bombers from one base to the next, and some taught men how to fly http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/02/12_Kennedy.shtml
Organizing for War U.S. factories shifted from producing consumer goods to creating war time goods The War Production Board was the government agency that supervised that change and set goals for production U.S. military output nearly doubled http://educationstormfront.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/772px-mechanized_p-38_conveyor_lines.jpg
Organizing for War Americans followed rationing of scarce goods like sugar, shoes, and gasoline. They used ration coupons to buy these goods. They also bought war bonds to show support Maintaining strong morale at home was a key to fighting the war
Organizing for War Propaganda
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DAY OF INFAMY Infamy9
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Women In Industry Rosie the Riveter!
WAR POSTERS Rosie the Riveter Women manned the factories while the men went off to fight. This helped lay the foundation for women’s rights in the work world and helped us win the war….. Women gained better pay and working conditions. The government agreed that women should get the same pay for the same job.
Ordeal for Japanese Americans Internment vs Japanese-Americans in uniform
Interned in prison-type camps for entire war. Lost their freedom and possessions, even though there was no evidence of disloyalty against the United States
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1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu vs. U. S 1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu vs. U.S., affirmed the constitutionality of this terrible act. It took more than 40 years later before the U.S. admitted fault and began to make $20,000 reparations to camp survivors
Tensions at Home African Americans and Mexican Americans
Tensions A. Phillip Randolph Blacks still faced discrimination and prejudice at home A. Phillip Randolph threatened to walk in Washington. D.C. if Roosevelt didn’t do something about it The result was the Fair Employment Practices Committee was set up to investigate cases of prejudice Mexican Americans faced discrimination in America too In L.A. Mexicans wearing “zoot suits” were attacked by bands of sailors After the attack Eleanor Roosevelt called attention to the problem of discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23384220/zoot-suit-riots-latino-culture-california-anniversary
6 million to work in industry league cartoon1 6 million to work in industry Braceros, Mexican workers brought to work in US 1.6 million Black families leave the South Speeded up the assimilation of ethnic groups into American society.