The Home Front in America

America First Movement Atlantic Charter 1941 Roosevelt & Churchill ‘s war aims Japan's role in SE Asia (allied w/ Germany and Italy) 8 common principles for post-war world Most impt = restore self-gov'ts of occupied countries Public affirmation of Allies against Axis America First Movement Anti-war and anti-aid to G.B. (isolationism) Charles Lindbergh – speeches opposed to Lend-Lease Support waned post-Pearl Harbor (Dec 1941)

Lend-Lease Program Jan 10, 1941 FDR Cash-strapped Brits needed airplanes, tanks, ships Give aid to countries to secure US - To be paid back Prepare for growing threat of Japan Supply USSR with arms - draw Hitler’s resources away from W. Europe - bargaining chip in post-war diplomatic relations By end of the war US had given more than $50 billion in support to over 35 place

US Mobilizes for War Desegregation of Defense Industries 1941 (Truman) Up military production Seg. in armed forces continued until 1948 Rosie the Riveter Gov't campaign to recruit women

Rationing War bonds Pearl Harbor → consumer goods, military production Books/tokens War bonds To fund $3 bill war effort ($4 trill today) Buy $25 for $18 – get diff in 10 years Kids Rationed Items Tires Rubber from Asia limit Cars Bicycles Gasoline Fuel Oil & Kerosene A vs B cars Solid Fuels Stove Rubber Footwear Shoes Sugar Coffee Processed Foods Meats, canned fish Cheese, canned milk, fats Typewriters

Homefront Propaganda Poster Perspective - of one of the countries below. US, Japanese, German, USSR, British Topic – Military Recruitment, War Bonds, Women in the War, Rationing, or Reasons to Fight

Pearl Harbor Draws US into the War 8 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941 – Honolulu, Hawaii Japanese fighter planes attack naval base 2 hours Destroy 20 naval vessels & 200 airplanes 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died Dec 8 - President FDR and Congress declare war on Japan Dec 11 - Japanese allies Germany and Italy declare war on US