1. Prompt #3
Suppose you are President Roosevelt following December 7th, What are the three most important things that must be done to prepare the country for war?

2. Propaganda Analysis
Analyze the posters within each group and try and determine a common theme.

3. Home Front
World War II

4. War Productions Board (1942)
War + Depression  slowed production in Allied countries
War Productions Board
Converted peacetime industries to wartime
Ex: cars, lawn mowers, bird cages, etc.  weapons, bombers, etc.
Ford made new factories for bombers & Liberty Ships

7. Wartime Work Force Unemployment almost vanished Wages rose 50%
Financing the War
Higher taxes, deficit spending (debt), war bonds

8. Shortages & Controls More jobs, but couldn’t buy certain things
Ex: metal for zippers used for weapons; nylons used for parachutes

9. Rationing Ration books  points for goods (sugar, butter, coffee)
Points AND cash

10. Public Support Posters Victory gardens Blackouts (bombing raid drills)
Collections for recyclable

11. Mobilization

12. Mobilizing the Armed Forces
Sept – 1st peacetime draft (Selective Training & Service Act)
Men had to register
Age changed to in 1942

13. GI’s = “Government Issue”
The GI War
GI’s = “Government Issue”
Soldiers, sailors, aviators (over 16 million)

14. Native Americans “Code Talkers” radio operators
Used their own language for a secret code

15. African Americans First just supportive roles
Separate units as casualties grew
Tuskegee Airmen
Eventually fought in same units

16. Women Women worked in all aspects except combat
Industrial jobs, manufacturing weapons, nursing, and intelligence

17. Drawing Understanding Check
Home Front efforts (2 concepts)
Mobilization actions (2 concepts)

18. What were things you considered as you made decisions?
Draft Activity
What were things you considered as you made decisions?