1. Home front (part one)

2. FDR’s death Roosevelt had been elected to a record 4 th term in 1944 (how??)  FDR dies on April 12, 1945 (shocks nation?)  Vice President Harry Truman takes over

4. Mobilizing the economy  Office of Price Administration  1. fixed prices (shortage due to war)  2. rationing set up

5. Levittown- war housing

10.  Next day

11. War Production Board 11. allocated raw materials Limited production of bird cages, mowers (anything steel!) Cars were rationed/ carpooling 22. military contracts issued 33. build weapons of war 44. companies hired executives ($1 a year!-military) 55. Limit strikes / lockouts

12.  Companies given “E” for excellent by military  Coca cola (see page 461)

13. Financing the War  Government spending: $9 billion in 1939 to $95 billion in 1945!!!  Taxes 41% of war funding Tripled number of people paying income tax Taken out of paychecks Also taxes on consumer goods and profits

14. WWar Bonds GGovernment savings bonds used to finance war $$156 billion PPromoted by movie and music stars

18. Entertainment during the war  Radio- main source of information  Office of War Information- limited news flow

19. Music  Bop music- form of jazz  “White Christmas” “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”

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21. Movies  Very romanticized view of war  Many movies/newsreels filmed to support troops  Casablanca, Why We Fight

22. Baseball MMANY professional players joined/were drafted BBob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams WWomen’s Professional Baseball popular (A League of Their Own)

23. Rationing  List of items not available “for the duration”:  Zippers, nylons, some auto parts, at times tires, chocolate, cigarettes  Rationing carried out through use of stamps (passed out monthly based on need)

28. 48 points per person

29. Items rationed  Sugar (Philippines)  Coffee  Meat, butter, cheese  (vitamin supplements in school!)  Shoes!  Gas, coal  cars

30. Other ways civilians helped  Civil defense units: civil air patrol  Victory gardens 1943- (1/3 of nation’s vegetables!!)  “dogs for defense” (mine dogs…other uses such as scouts, sentries, K-9 officers)

35.  Star displays- Blue, Gold  Rubber, metal, even kitchen fat drives!