World War II Life at Home

Take Notes On: List examples of propaganda – what did they want people to do Define ration What was the role of – Women – African Americans – Native Americans – Latinos – Japanese Americans

examples of propaganda:.

Christmas War Bond War cost $_______ billion – 10 times more than WWI -Paid by _________ tax, __________ taxes, loans, & _____ ____

Building an Army Selective Service Act 19____ & 19____ _______ million volunteers & draftees Draftees – physical exams & injections against small pox & typhoid GIs – “___________ ___________” – uniforms, boots, & equipment 8 weeks basic training – weapons, load backpacks, read maps, pitch tents, dig trenches

“Yet you say we’re fightin for democracy. Then why don’t democracy [i]nclude me?” – Langston Hughes African Americans _____ million served, 1 st low level assignments Later combat & integrated units ___________ Airmen – 200 enemy planes Native Americans “_______ ___________” – Navajos special code for American communication Latinos ______________ served in armed forces ____________ program – worker recruit from Mexico

Women WACs – Women’s __________ Corps WAVES – Women Appointed for ___________ _____________ ____________ in the Navy (also in marines, Coast Guard, army air corps) Clerical workers or _________ _____ combat

Rosie the Riveter 1 st time to work outside of home Paid ______ than men Lost jobs once men returned Changed public opinion on role of women in the ____________

War Economy War Production Board Automakers switch to ______, ________ & _________ 2.5 million women go to factories – airplanes, shipyards, other manufacturing ________ __________– volunteer spotters watched for enemy aircraft Coastal Cities – blackouts and night

Office of Price Administration ________ consumer prices and rents Ration ______, _______, ________, _________… Victory Gardens Smithsonian InteractiveSmithsonian Interactive

“After all those years, having worked his whole life to build a dream – having it all taken away…He died a broken man.” – Peter Ota Nisei – ___________ ________(born in U.S.) Government feared their __________ FDR order relocation of over _____________ _____________ camps – detention centers, mainly West Coast in deserts 1944 Korematsu v. U.S. – Supreme Court allowed relocation 1988 – U.S. admitted to injustices, formal apology & $20,000 to each survivor