1. The American Home Front during WWII

2.  Food, gas & clothing are rationed  Families kept stamps that they could purchase goods with in their ration books  Scrap metal, aluminum cans, & rubber recycled to create weapons

3.  Some Americans planted “victory gardens” where they grew their own food  By 1945, 20 million gardens accounted for 40% of all vegetables  People also bought war bonds - debt securities issued by the govt. to finance the war

4.  Draft ages expand to men ages 18-37  Women began securing factory jobs, usually held by men  By mid-1940s, women in American work force up from 25% to 36%  By 1945, 1/4 married women worked

5.  Rose Will Monroe, was a real-life worker building bombers at the Willow Run aircraft plant in Ypsilanti, MI  Appeared in promotional film  Inspired the fictitious character that was a very successful recruiting tool

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7.  Hall of Fame baseball player Joe DiMaggio  Pro baseball continued during war  Actor Clark Gable  Movie theaters showed newsreal & propaganda  Heavyweight world champion boxer Joe Louis

8.  Before the war, “the Brown Bomber” knocked out German boxer Max Schmelingknocked out German boxer Max Schmeling  Louis put on exhibitions to fundraise & donated $100,000 in fight prize money  Known for patriotism & support for black troops  Criticized for promoting a segregated Army

9.  FDR signs executive order to remove & imprison all Japanese Americans living on West Coast  Combination of wartime panic & belief that they would assist Japanese military  120,000 JA’s put in “relocation camps”  Despite this, young JA men served in the armed forces & fought bravely

10.  Victory Ships - U.S. built cargo ships that supplied the Allies  G.I. – U.S. soldiers (General Issue)  WAC, WASP, WAVES – Women’s branches of the armed forces (Army, Airforce, Navy)