1. Meanwhile…Stateside
Home Front World War II

2. Essential Question
World War II would change the mindsets of Americans. What major changes would occur dealing with labor especially pertaining to gender roles and race?
What major sacrifices would Americans make during the war?
How would the wartime economy effect the economic situation of the United States?
What role did propaganda play in providing support to those at home?

3. Arsenal of Democracy 1930’s Size of the US Military
United States was still in the Depression (though slowly recovering)
Unemployment rates:
1938: 29%
1939: 25%
Size of the US Military
1940: 458,000 (Total)
December 7th, 1941-Pearl Harbor
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.“
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s response to Pearl Harbor

7. The GI’s

9. Arsenal of Democracy Has Yamamoto’s prediction come true? Production
Aircraft
1939: 2,141
1944: 96,318
41 Billion Rounds of Ammunition
100,000 Armored Vehicles
United States: 61,000 Tanks
Japan: 2,464 Tanks

10. Arsenal of Democracy 1940’s Size of the United States Military
Unemployment Rates:
1940: 20%
1945: 2.5%
Size of the United States Military
1941: 12,000,000
1941 Population of about 132 Million

11. Arsenal of Democracy Militarization of Industry
Henry Ford’s Assembly Line
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15. Fueling the War War is Expensive War Bonds War Stamps
$300 Billion dollars
$13 (2014)= $1 (1945)
War Bonds
Purchase a $25 War bond for $18.75/bond
War Stamps
$.25/Stamp

16. Rationing Government ordered Rationing Store Shelves go bare
Meats, fats, cheeses, fruits and vegetables, coffee, sugar, shoes, gasoline, fuel oil
Store Shelves go bare
Why?
Victory Gardens
Gardening, Canned food

18. Internment Camps February 19, 1942 FDR signed Executive Order 9066
Declared any part of the country a restricted military area from which any or all person could be excluded
By March 1942, Japanese-Americans had to register with War Relocation Authority (WRA)
110,000 people were told what they could bring and their homes, businesses, and other possessions were sold
They are stripped of their rights
Placed on trains and sent to isolated areas of the United States
Forced into military style camps
Eerily familiar?

23. 442nd Infantry Unit Made up of Volunteers
One of the most decorated units to fight in the war
Saw combat in Germany, Italy and Southern France

24. End