1. 17.1 Mobilization on the Home Front

2. Selective Service and the GI  5 million who volunteered  Selective Service System expanded the draft and eventually provided another 10 million soldiers  GI- “Government Issue”

3. Women in the Military  Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)  Women volunteering for the army did not receive the same rank, pay, or benefits as men doing the same jobs  250,000 women served in this and other auxiliary branches during the war

4. Minorities in the Armed Services  All-Latino units saw heavy action both in Europe and Asia  More than a million African Americans also served in the military  Worked in segregated units and were mostly limited to non-combat roles  More than 13,000 Chinese Americans  33,000 Japanese Americans  25,000 Native Americans enlisted in the armed services too

5. Industrial Response  Factories were quickly converted to war production  Automobile plants were retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars

6. Mobilization of Scientists  Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)  Spurred improvements in both radar and sonar  The atomic bomb – “the Manhattan Project”

7. Internment of Japanese Americans  1942, War Department called for the mass evacuation of all Japanese Americans from Hawaii  February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an order requiring the removal of people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona  110,000 Japanese Americans

8. Agencies and LawsWhat the Regulations Did National War Labor Board (NWLB) Limited wage increases Allowed negotiated benefits Kept unions stable Office of Price Administration (OPA) Fought Inflation Rationed foods War Production Board (WPB) Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort Department of the Treasury Issued war bonds Revenue Act of 1942 Raised the top personal-income tax rate to 90% Added lower and middle income Americans to the income-tax rolls Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act (1943) Limited the right to strike Gave president power to take over striking plants Government Takes Control