Bell Work: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Admiral Yamamota, Dec. 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor Copy the quote on the blank papers on your table. Illustrate ,using color, what you think Admiral Yamamota meant. Write your name on the back of the paper and turn it in.
Bell Work: Using ISN page 113 discuss as a table how the United States started preparing for war
Bell Work: ISN pg 105 Why do you think Americans wanted to bomb Tokyo, Japan so badly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Bell Work: ISN pg 113 Why do you think America wanted to bomb Tokyo, Japan so badly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
United States Prepares
Preparing for War - chart Tell one way each group prepared for the war: men, women, industry Read pages 756 - 757
Primary doc. activity
Military Men volunteered or were drafted under the Selective Service Act Pass medical test Got uniforms and equipment
Military Uniforms labeled G.I. meaning government issue Trained for 8 weeks
Women in Military Large numbers served for the first time Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)
Economy National Labor Board – settled disputes War Production Board – charged with changing factories over to military products
Funding the War $320 billion spent on the war (10x the cost of WWI) Raised taxes on businesses Made most Americans pay income tax
Funding the War Congress approved method of taking taxes directly out of paychecks (The Revenue Act of 1942) Borrowed money from citizens – sold War Bonds