1. Home Front and Post War America

2. Home Front
Selective Service Act (Aug 1940) – the U.S. Congress issued the first peacetime draft in response to France falling to Germany earlier that year
G.I. – “Government Issue”
-term to refer to an American soldier

3. Rosie
Rosie the Riveter – a cultural and feminist icon that represented American women working in factories

4. War Production
War Production Board – agency responsible for converting companies from peacetime to wartime manufacturing
rationing – government limitations on certain goods for the war effort

5. Holocaust
Holocaust (Final Solution) – name given to the mass slaughter of the Jews and other groups by the Nazis during WWII

6. Genocide Genocide - systematic and purposeful destruction of a race
this massive genocide affected Jews, Polish, and Political opponents

7. Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials – international trials held to convict Nazi leaders of war crimes
Emphasized individual responsibility for actions during a war

8. Internment During the war Japanese Americans were internment camps
Korematsu v. United States (1944) – court case that determined whether the interment of Japanese Americans was constitutional
court rules that compulsory exclusion is justified during times of war

9. Baby Boomers
baby boomers – a period of time from in which the birthrate in American increased dramatically
65+ million babies were born in that time (a baby every 7 seconds at its height)

10. Levittown
Levittown, Penn - the largest planned community constructed in the United States
First suburb