1. 27-3 Americans During Wartime

2. Mobilizing the Home Front
15 million Americans served in the military, millions more at home
Home Front – America at home, during WWII
Army, navy, and air bases were built all over the country for training.

3. Miracle of Production The government took control of the economy.
Set prices, negotiated with unions
War Production Board- helped factories shift from making consumer goods, to war materials.
Automobile factories began making tanks and trucks

4. Production continued…
Rationing - limitations on goods
Ration coupons for sugar, meat, wheat, gasoline, etc.
Many people planted victory gardens
Provided food for many families, to help conserve goods for the war effort

6. Women During Wartime
Took the jobs of many men when they left for the war.
Also began careers in the military
Fly planes, they were not allowed to be in combat however.
Worked in factories producing war materials

7. African Americans Rallied together during war time.
Fought for jobs and better wages.
Served in the war effort.
“Double V Campaign”- A.A. fought for victory, both on the home front, and at war.
Discrimination continued, race riots broke out around the country

8. Problems for Japanese Americans
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese were forced into relocation camps.
110,000 Japanese people put in camps.
FDR issued these orders
This went against their constitutional rights
Still, many Japanese went on to enter the war effort and fight for the U.S.

9. Please Do Now You are a Japanese citizen.
Your family has been told that they will be going to an internment camp.
What are feeling? What are you doing? What thoughts do you have?
React to this as a personal journal entry.
Go!