1. Total War: Rosie the Riveter, Propaganda, and Rationing April 2013 Fill in Vocab Terms 21-25 with these notes

2. The Home Front A front is the line along which battles are fought. The Home Front was where people in America who were NOT soldiers were fighting to keep up production and help the war effort

3. Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter is the term given to the representation of women who went to work in factories during World War II.

4. Women Finish Bomber Noses

5. Woman Welds Gas Tank

6. Juggling Act

7. Two Views of Rosie J. Howard Miller’s Rosie Norman Rockwell’s Rosie

8. Government Propaganda Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people Propaganda is not always factual, but uses people’s emotions to convince them to do things

9. Government Propaganda

10. Government Propaganda - All Kinds of Jobs for Women

11. How do these pieces of propaganda target different audiences?

12. “Loose Lips Sink Ships” Propaganda warns against talking about war related topics – deployment locations and defense production were the most important.

13. Buy War Bonds Even though the government was finally taking in a larger tax revenue, WWII still cost billions of dollars. Citizens were encouraged to buy war bonds to help the government finance the war effort.

14. Victory Gardens

15. Conserve Everything from Train Rides to Cooking Fat

16. Rationing Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services In WWII, rationing was used to control how much civilians used so more could be sent to the troops. Rationed goods included sugar, coffee, processed food, meat, wheat, shoes, and gas

17. Ration Books Different series of ration books were issued to cover different time periods or products. This ration book covered food. Each person in the household received a food ration book.

18. Ration Stamps Ration stamps were necessary to buy ALL rationed goods, but they were not money. The stamps just allowed the item to be purchased.

19. Ration Instructions Each time a ration book was issued, specific instructions were issued for its use. Each town had a ration board that distributed books and instructions as well as insured that businesses were enforcing the use of stamps.

20. What is Total War?