1. THE WAR AT HOME
Chapter 24
Section 3

2. Organizing for War
Congress enacts a draft law requiring people to serve for the entire war
More than 15 million men served in the U.S. military
Hundreds of thousands of women served as nurses and in noncombat roles. (ex-WACs ferried bombers from one base to the next, and some taught men how to fly

3. Organizing for War
U.S. factories shifted from producing consumer goods to creating war time goods
The War Production Board was the government agency that supervised that change and set goals for production
U.S. military output nearly doubled

4. Organizing for War
Americans followed rationing of scarce goods like sugar, shoes, and gasoline. They used ration coupons to buy these goods.
They also bought war bonds to show support
Maintaining strong morale at home was a key to fighting the war

5. Organizing for War
Propaganda

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13. DAY OF INFAMY
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20. Women In Industry
Rosie the Riveter!

21. WAR POSTERS Rosie the Riveter
Women manned the factories while the men went off to fight.
This helped lay the foundation for women’s rights in the work world and helped us win the war…..
Women gained better pay and working conditions. The government agreed that women should get the same pay for the same job.

25. Ordeal for Japanese Americans
Internment vs Japanese-Americans in uniform

26. Interned in prison-type camps for entire war.
Lost their freedom and possessions, even though there was no evidence of disloyalty against the United States

27. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066
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40. 1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu vs. U. S
1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu vs. U.S., affirmed the constitutionality of this terrible act.
It took more than 40 years later before the U.S. admitted fault and began to make $20,000 reparations to camp survivors

41. Tensions at Home
African Americans and
Mexican Americans

42. Tensions A. Phillip Randolph
Blacks still faced discrimination and prejudice at home
A. Phillip Randolph threatened to walk in Washington. D.C. if Roosevelt didn’t do something about it
The result was the Fair Employment Practices Committee was set up to investigate cases of prejudice
Mexican Americans faced discrimination in America too
In L.A. Mexicans wearing “zoot suits” were attacked by bands of sailors
After the attack Eleanor Roosevelt called attention to the problem of discrimination

43. 6 million to work in industry
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6 million to work in industry
Braceros, Mexican workers brought to work in US
1.6 million Black families leave the South
Speeded up the assimilation of ethnic groups into American society.