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The Home Front Chapter 11 Section 2.

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1 The Home Front Chapter 11 Section 2

2 Lecture Focus Question
#1: How did WWII change America at home?

3 Women Work for Victory Women targeted by propaganda
Rosie the Riveter: symbol of working women during WWII ¾ women in factories were married Earned paychecks for the first time Expected to return home permanently after the war

4 WASP WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots
Addressed shortage of experienced pilots Ferried planes from one point to another Elite group of 1,000 women Able to relieve more men for combat duty Jacqueline Cochran Nancy Love

5 African Americans Jobs not available to African-Americans
24/10,000 employed in defense jobs were blacks A. Philip Randolph: leader of “Double V” campaign Executive Order 8802: assured fair hiring practices in any job funded with govt money

6 Tuskegee Airmen “The Great Experiment”: FDR ordered creation of an all-black flying unit in Tuskegee, AL Mission: protect U.S. bomber planes Medals 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses 744 Air medals 14 Bronze stars 8 purple hearts NO U.S. bombers lost under the escort of the Tuskegee Airmen

7 Braceros & Zoot Suiters
Bracero Program: designed to bring laborers from Mexico to work on American farms Zoot Suiters: Mexican-American youths dressed in baggy pants and long jackets 1943: riot in Los Angeles between sailors and zoot suiters

8 Navajo Code Talkers 400 Navajos Marine recruits
Sent overseas to Europe and Pacific Served as radio communicators Communicated in their native language of Navajo Only code that was never broken by the Axis Powers

9 Japanese Americans Executive Order 9066: designated certain areas as war zones from which anyone might be removed for any reason Solution to Japanese “threat” → put Japanese-Americans on the west coast in internment camps right after bombing of Pearl Harbor Korematsu v. United States: Supreme Court case upheld internment policy 442nd Reg. Combat Team: all-Nisei group, most decorated unit in American history

10 Patriotism Sweeps America
Shortage of food and consumer goods Conserve = patriotic Solution 1: rationing Solution 2: victory gardens Govt imposed wage and price controls Buy war bonds! All Americans were behind the war effort!! Play Der Fuerher’s Face

11 Lecture Focus Question
#1: How did WWII change America at home?

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