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HOMEFRONT During WW II During WW II
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EFFECT ON ECONOMY FDR’S Role: Inspire: “Arsenal of democracy”
Est. production goals Create agencies to manage economic production
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Women’s Part in the War 1/3rd of work force
Replaced men in factories and offices – Rosie the Riveter Served in navy & army (clerical) Childcare? NONE: left with relatives or alone Marry younger - many divorce after war
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Rosie the Riveters of World War II
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Labor Force, Number (in millions)
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Two Early Boards War Production Board: Convert to war prod.
Defense Contracts to companies: Produce mosquito nets, shells, tanks, planes, etc. Office Of Price Administration: Control inflation! Control prices/wages Ration: gas, tires, coffee, meat. etc.
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Rationing-The government limited the consumption of goods- Distributed Coupon books for products such as coffee, sugar gasoline
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The US government wanted Americans to recycle –rubber, metal,paper for war materials
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Victory Gardens-After Pearl Harbor-Secretary of Agriculture asked Americans to grow plants and crops for themselves at home!
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Office of War Mobilization (Organizing Agency)
Est. production priorities, control raw materials for use as war materials “Cost plus” system Cost of production plus a % of profit for company
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War Labor Board Supervise labor-management relations – to avoid strikes Smith-Connally Act: Pres. can control war-related industries facing a strike (limits strikes) – 30 day notice United Mine Workers Strike: FDR seized mines briefly War helps union membership: 10 mill. to 13 mill.
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Signs of a Booming War Economy
GNP: $91 billion to $166 billion Manuf. doubled, farming increased 1939: 6,000 planes 1945: 300,000 planes 2x’s industrial production of all Axis nations combined Changed the “face” of the West coast: defense industries draw large populations
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War Bonds sold again! We raised $135 billion for the war effort!
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Social Effects of War NATIVE-AMERICANS 25,000 served “Code-talkers”
Jobs lure many away from reservations
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Effect on Society (cont.)
AFRICAN-AMERICANS: Fighting to uphold democracy & end Hitler’s racist regime…and yet… Service in military: segregation, still Jobs draw more North, still discrimination, riots 1941 A. Philip Randolph demands integrated defense industries/FDR’s Fair Employment Practices Commission
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Social Effects (cont.) JAPANESE-AMERICANS Propaganda images
Pearl Harbor heightens tensions 127,000, largely in Calif.
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Japanese-Americans (cont.)
Fear of sabotage or aid of invasion Concern about defense industries and security along West Coast Executive Order 9066: War Relocation Authority 100,000 “relocated”
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Japanese-Americans (cont.)
Desert & mountain camps Deprived of right to due process (5th A.) Some left to attend work or colleges in East Some joined or were drafted in army Nisei Regiment: 442nd
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Internment The Japanese American Internment of World War II
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