1. WWII at Home

2. I. Mobilizing for War Pearl Harbor, December 1941 = 1.6 million in Army, 15% of industrial output for war War Power Act grants FDR authority over war mobilization 15 million men, 350,000 women served in military Economy, government, military coordinated

3. War Production Board = distributed defense contracts War Manpower Commission = supervised mobilization of soldiers Office of Price Administration = rationed food February 1942 = the last civilian car came off the assembly line End of 1942 = 1/3 of economy now for war production 300,000 aircraft, 2.6 million machine guns, 6 million tons of bombs, 86,000 warships

4. Defense Spending Ends Great Depression US spent $320 billion total, $250 million per day to defeat the Axis Created 17 million new jobs Brought prosperity to most American workers

5. Where was the Defense Industry? $40 billion went to the West 1945 = Nearly half of CAs income came from Defense contracts Sunbelt = Southeast to the Southwest

6. Rationing OPA rationed gas, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, meat 20 million Victory Gardens planted Uncle Sams Scrappers & Tin Can Colonels collected scrap metal and trash

7. War Bonds Gave civilians a sense of involvement

8. The Wizard War Importance of scientific and technological developments Office of Scientific Development spent $1 billion creating bombs, instant food, antibiotics, insecticide

9. II. Propaganda & Politics Office of Censorship = Suppresses war footage & casualty numbers Office of War Information = Hired 4,000 advertisers, writers, artists to create unity through propaganda

11. III. Rosie the Riveter Federal government urged women to work in 1942 Over 6 million women worked in war production 1945 = 1/3 of workforce are women 75% married, 60% over 35, 33% had kids under 14

13. Hostility Towards Rosie Women earned 35% less pay than men Government portrayed their work as temporary A woman is a substitute like plastic instead of metal 1945 poll = Only 18% approved of married women working