Helping the Cause in WWII Objective: identify how various groups contributed to an allied victory

Women at Work “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda to encourage women to work outside the home

Primary doc. activity

Bell Work: What might have been the purpose of this image?

African Americans Tuskegee Airmen destroyed more than 250 enemy planes Benjamin Davis, Jr. – became the first African American general in the Air Force

Native Americans “Code Talkers” – Navajos used a code based on their language to relay messages Japanese could not break the code

Japanese Americans Some served as fighters Two of these fighting units won more medals than any other in the history of the army

Military and political leaders were worried because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

Latinos Bracero program – more than 200,000 Mexican workers came to help harvest crops and build and maintain railroads Often faced discrimination

Children Collected scrap metal Bought defense stamps Grew victory gardens