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AMERICAN HOMEFRONT WORLD WAR II ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?

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1 AMERICAN HOMEFRONT WORLD WAR II ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?

2 SELLING THE WAR WHY ARE WE FIGHTING? –ROOSEVELT PROVIDES FOUR FREEDOMS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF WORSHIP FREEDOM FROM WANT FREEDOM FROM FEAR –FOR ALL PEOPLES

3 FOUR FREEDOMS

4 PREPAREDNESS OF COUNTRY SELECTIVE SERVICE ENACTED ILL PREPARED FOR TRAINING OR WAR –GI-GOVERNMENT ISSUED –TRUCKS LABELED TANKS. ARMED SERVICES STILL SEGREGATED

5 GOVERNMENT CONTROL AGENCIES CREATED TO CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF ECONOMY AND WAR EFFORT. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION WAR PRODUCTION BOARD NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION

6 WAR PRODUCTION BOARD CONTROLLED NATION’S ECONOMY CONVERTED PEACETIME INDUSTRIES TO WAR INDUSTRIES –AUTO MAKERS BECOME TANK MAKERS, LIBERTY SHIPS INCREASED PRODUCTION U.S. ECONOMY MAKES DRASTIC CHANGE FOR THE BETTER-OUT OF DEPRESSION. WHAT DOES THIS IMAGE SUGGEST?

7 WHAT CAN I DO AT HOME? PLANT VICTORY GARDENS

8 WHAT CAN I DO AT HOME? BUY WAR BONDS TO HELP FINANCE THE WAR

9 WHAT CAN I DO AT HOME? JOIN THE USO –UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATION ENTERTAIN AND PROVIDE FOR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

10 WHAT CAN I DO AT HOME? CONSERVE AND FOLLOW RATIONING LAWS RATIONING-WAY OF DISTRIBUTING GOODS FAIRLY

11 WHAT CAN I DO AT HOME? SCRAP DRIVES FOR METAL, RUBBER, STEEL, ETC.

12 WOMEN AT WAR PLAYED MANY ROLES ROSIE THE RIVETER-SYMBOL OF WOMEN AT WORK IN FACTORIES WACS- WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS

13 AFRICAN AMERICAN ROLES STILL IN SEGREGATED UNITS GREAT MIGRATION CONTINUES “DOUBLE V” CAMPAIGN-VICTORY OVER RACISM ABROAD AND AT HOME TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

14 SUSPENSION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS KOREMATSU V. UNITED STATES –COULD DETAIN GROUP DUE TO “MILITARY URGENCY” JAPANESE-AMERICANS FOUGHT WELL IN OUR ARMY AGAINST GERMANY WHAT CASE DOES THIS REMIND US OF FROM WORLD WAR I?

15 PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA OFFICES AND OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION USED: –POSTERS –NEWSREELS –PAMPHLETS TO INFLUENCE HOME AND ABROAD


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