1. Mr. Williams 10th Grade U.S. History
The Home Front
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History

2. Expanding Government’s Role
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Office of War Information
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board

5. Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces
Provided Air Support in both North Africa, Sicily, and Italy
Completed over 200 missions

6. “Not all of us can have the privilege of fighting our enemies in distant parts of the world…But there is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States is in action. That front is right here at home.” –FDR 1942

9. “The Greatest advantage…the United States enjoyed on the ground in the fighting was…the jeep and the two-and-a-half ton truck. These are the instruments that moved and supplied United States troops in battle…The United States, profiting from the mass production achievements of its automotive industry…had mobility that completely outclassed the enemy” –George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff

14. Providing Materials
Rationing-limiting the purchase of many products to make sure enough were available for military use-Meat, Sugar, Gasoline, etc….
Victory Gardens-Backyards, school yards, city parks, empty lots
Scrap Drives-Volunteers collected spare rubber, tin, aluminum, steel