1. DO NOW Why was the US initially hesitant to enter WWII?
What eventually brought the US into the war?

2. Homefront

3. Introduction
1. RACE RELATIONS & INTERNMENT CAMPS
What were the four main topics about life during WWII on the Homefront?
2. RATIONING & CONSERVATION
3. WOMEN’S ROLES
4. ECONOMICS

4. Minority groups during the war
African Americans
Major push to fight discrimination
NAACP membership grew
Campaigned for anti-lynching laws and against poll taxes
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded in 1942
Were discriminated against in war industries
A. Philiip Randolph threatened a march on Washington
Led FDR to issue Executive Order 8802
Creates the Fair Employment Practices Commission
Protests led to minimal gains
Served in segregated military units
Many units served with distinction
Violent race riots occurred across the country

5. Minority groups during the war
Native Americans
Many Native Americans attempt to leave reservations
Find discrimination
Led to formation of National Congress of American Indians
A few joined the military, (Navajo Code Talkers)
Latinos
Bracero program
Initially imported “foreign laborers” into the US
Many stayed behind rather than return
Encouraged future illegal immigration
Zoot suit riots (Summer 1943)
All minority groups volunteered/commended for military service in numbers disproportionate to pop

6. Minority groups during the war
Japanese Americans
100k First and Second generation Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps
Rooted in anti Japanese propaganda
Japanese were labeled a security risk on the West Coast (Not in Hawaii)
FDR issued Executive Order 9066
Forced to sell property
Held for duration of war
Freed after pledging loyalty to the US
Supreme Court validated FDR’s authority
Korematsu v. US
Limited number served in military (442nd)

9. War on the Homefront

10. Primary Source
Rationing

11. Primary Source Rationing
An effort was made to conserve items like rubber, metal, women’s hose, sugar and other foods
Americans on the home front had to use ration tickets to get these resources

15. War on the Homefront supports the war through film
Out of the Frying Pan

16. War on the Homefront

17. Women’s Roles are Changing
Primary Source
Women’s Roles are Changing

18. War on the Homefront

19. Rosie the Riveter Served as the WWII image of women
She was someone who could help fight the battle at home
Not the typical “helpless” women

21. #2: Women’s Roles
In the past, women really not played a role in war at all.
WWII played a part in advancing the role of women both at work and in the military
Women got involved in mainly 3 ways
Factory Jobs left by men
Military: WAVES (NAVY) WAAC (ARMY)
Nursing: dangerous jobs! Over 200 died

22. War on the Homefront

23. War on the Homefront
War bonds and liberty bonds were sold to raise money for the war efforts in Europe and Asia.

26. To Recap:
1. RACE RELATIONS & INTERNMENT CAMPS
What were the four main topics about life during WWII on the Homefront?
2. RATIONING & CONSERVATION
3. WOMEN’S ROLES
4. ECONOMICS