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The Homefront World War II Created by Mr. Johnson
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Objective 10.03 – Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
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Key Terms War bonds Baby boomers Fair Deal G.I. Bill Korematsu v. United States, 1944 Levittown Northern Migration Middle class Rosie the Riveter Selective Service Act AFL-CIO Taft-Hartley Act WACS War Production Board Japanese American Internment Rationing
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The Homefront “Home” – United States “Front” – Line of battle How is the war being waged in the U.S.? Total War – all sectors of society are mobilized for war
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Restrictions
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Selective Service Act, 1940 T h e D r a f t ! ! !
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War Production Board Shift away from laissez faire Gov’t Regulation –Production of goods –Consumption of resources… Gasoline Heating oil Metals Rubber Plastics
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Office of Price Administration Price controls Rent controls
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Rationing
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Rationing
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Victory Gardens
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War Bonds
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Income Tax
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Media Censorship
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Propaganda & Stereotypes
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Taft-Hartley Act Anti-union law Fear of communism… Cold War coming
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A.F.L.-C.I.O. A.F. of L. (1886) Breakaway – C.I.O. (1938) Reunited into AFL-CIO (1955) Refrained from strikes during the war
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Internment Camps
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Korematsu v. U.S. Executive Order 9066 Wartime powers of government Civil rights
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Black Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers Tuskegee Airmen
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Opportunities
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 1943 1 st Amendment Citizens cannot be forced to pledge allegiance to the flag
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War Industry
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National War Labor Board Government arbitration… …no interruptions in production
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Rosie the Riveter
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W.A.C.S. Womens’ Army Corps
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Navajo Code Talkers
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Nisei Regiments
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Great Migration
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“Double V” Campaign
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A. Philip Randolph March on Washington Movement
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Executive Order 8802 “Fair Employment” No racial discrimination in defense industry
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Mexican-American Soldiers Served in integrated units
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Bracero Program Temporary Mexican agricultural laborers
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G.I. Bill Passed in 1944 Federal aid to veterans Education Housing Unemployment “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act”
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Fair Deal Harry Truman Extension of New Deal –National health insurance Republican Resistance
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Levittown, PA William J. Levitt Suburbia
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Levittown, PA Prefabricated Homes
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“Little Boxes” Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same.
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“Little Boxes” And the people in the houses All went to the university Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same And there's doctors and lawyers And business executives And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. -Malvina Reynolds
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Middle Class
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Baby Boom Births in the United States
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Boomer Generation
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