1. Life on the Home front

2. Women and Minorities Gain Ground
“Rosie the Riveter”
Symbol of the campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war

3. Women and Minorities Gain Ground
B. African Americans
A. Phillip Randolph- led civil rights march on
Washington to desegregate plants
Executive Order 8802 (1941)- Equal Employment Act prohibited racial discrimination

4. Women and Minorities Gain Ground
Mexican Americans
Braceros: workers that migrated to U.S. to help harvest during war
Native Americans
Navajo Code Talkers: helped in war effort

5. Nation on the Move Government Had to get jobs- South & West Sunbelt”
So. California led the way
Racism
Zoot Suit Riots: between Mexican Americans and military servicemen

6. Nation on the Move Japanese American Relocation Executive Order 9066
442nd Regimental Combat Team: composed of Japanese-American enlisted men
1988- President Reagan apologizes for Japanese Interment Camps

7. Daily Life Women- role change “Live for the Moment Attitude”
Baby Boom- huge number of births following WWII
“Door-Key” or “Latch- Key” Children- kids who return to an empty home because parents are gone

9. Daily Life Wage & Price Controls
Office of Price Administration (OPA): controlled prices & wages
War Labor Board (WLB): prevented strikes during the war

10. Daily Life Blue tokens for processed foods
D. Rationing
Blue tokens for processed foods
Red tokens for meats, fats, fish & cheese

11. Daily Life Victory Gardens & Scrap Drives Paying of the War
During WWII, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of bonds in order to loan the gov’t money