1. World War II in Washington State

2. Day 1: WW2 in Washington Economic Impact:
Learning Target: I will be able to understand the impact of World War 2 on the economy of Washington State

3. Warm Up
Think back to how World War 1 changed Washington State. How do you think World War 2 changed the economy of Washington State?

6. World War II Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, USA
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
1939:Germany invades Poland to start World War II
US joins after Pearl Harbor 1941

7. Pearl Harbor-Dec. 7th 1941
Japanese surprise attack against US Navy in Hawaii
2,000 American soldiers and sailors died
US declared war the next day

9. Industrial Growth Close to Pacific war zone Washington
shipping center for materials & soldiers

10. Hydroelectric Power
Production of war materials required large amounts of electric power
Cheap power boosted industrial development
Grand Coulee Dam & Bonneville Dam

11. War Production and Aluminum Industry
5 Aluminum plants constructed around the state
Most aluminum was sent to Boeing to use to produce airplanes
Seattle companies received $5.6 Billion in war contracts (3rd in the US)

12. Kaiser Shipyards Shipbuilding: Kaiser shipyards
Vancouver: 100,000 workers from WA & OR
Aircraft Carriers & Merchant ships
Produced more ships than any other company in the country
Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton, Bellingham, Vancouver

13. Boeing Company Airplane production Seattle and Renton plants
Seattle: 16 B-17s a day (7,000 total)
Renton: 6 B-29s a day (1,000 total)
4,000 workers before war
50,000 workers in 1944
Almost half of workers were women

14. Seattle Boeing factory camouflaged to look like residential streets

15. Hanford Site
Manhattan Project Nuclear research facility near Tri Cities
Produced Plutonium used in Nuclear Weapons used on Nagasaki
Used electricity generated from the Grand Coulee Dam
“Secret City” – all information about the site was kept secret

16. Exit Ticket In your Notebook:
Summarize the impact of World War II on the companies and industries in Washington State.

17. Day 2: WW2 in Washington Impact on People
Learning Target: I will be able to understand the impact of World War 2 on the people of Washington State

18. Population Growth More than 50 army and navy bases in Washington
Seattle grew by 100,000 people
People moved from rural areas to cities

19. African Americans in WA
African-American population in Seattle
1940: 3,700
1945: 30,000
Jobs in Airplane Industry , Shipyards, Hanford, Military
Discrimination in joining Labor Unions
Segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, neighborhoods

20. Bracero Program Farms needed more workers
Bracero Program: Government program where Mexican men worked in the US as temporary farm workers
Increase in migration of Latinos to Yakima Valley farms
Mexican migration to Washington State

21. Women in WW2 110% increase in women in the labor force
Half of all Boeing employees were women
Puget Sound Navy Yard: 0 in 1941, 21% in 1943
Paid significantly less than men
1939 very little industrial jobs, during war rises to 25% of all industrial jobs

22. Exit Ticket Venn Diagram
Compare and Contrast the impact of World War II on African Americans, Latinos and Women using a Venn Diagram
Women
African
Americans
Latinos