Warm Up What race do you think the owner on Wanto Grocery is? Why do you think he put this sign up? What does it tell you about some white Americans who lived in this neighborhood?

The Homefront During WWII

Rationing Office of Price Administration limits availability of essential items Meat, sugar, coffee, canned foods, fuel, nylons, & shoes all require ration coupons

War Production Board Oversees transition to a wartime economy “Rosie the Riveter” symbolizes female workers

Propaganda Promotes conservation Buying of war bonds Any message to keep Americans focused on the war effort

African-Americans Serve in segregated units Face continued discrimination Begin the Double V campaign for victory abroad & at home

Japanese-Americans

Executive Order 9066 Issued by President FDR in 1942 Creates military camps in the west like Manzanar Japanese Americans relocated to internment camps

Before & After Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment All Japanese- Americans on the West Coast Most were American citizens 120,000 imprisoned until 1945

Yuri Kochiyama on Internment

The Zoot Suit Riots Los Angeles in 1942 Wool among goods rationed during wartime War Production Board bans “zoot suits” Baggy “zoot suits” were popular among Latino young men

The Zoot Suit Riots

The Zoot Suit Riots Clashes begin between stationed servicemen & Latinos Explodes into riots in LA and other cities

The Zoot Suit Riots