2. FDR was concerned that Germany posed a threat to the security of the U.S. FDR appealed to American business owners to support Britain Selective Service Act Peacetime draft requiring all males 21 to 36 to register for military service United States increased defense spending from $2 billion to $10 billion in 1940 Prior to Pearl Harbor

3.  Diversity › Much more diverse than WWI › African Americans only served in their own combat units until 1944  What started to happen?? › Tuskegee Airmen, became the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military

5.  350,000 women volunteered for military service  Served in all roles except combat › Clerks, Typists, Photographers

6.  War Production: › Something important Americans could do at home › Businesses could/would not transfer alone

7.  War Production Board: › Formed in 1942: Government directed the war production of business › Examples of changes made?

8.  Impact › Unemployment goes down, real end to the Depression › Outperformed the Axis Powers

12.  Shortages and Rationing › Familiar Items were unavailable  Metal & Rubber › The amount of scarce items was rationed  Sugar, Coffee, Gasoline › Why were these goods rationed??

13.  Popular Culture Becomes “Popular” › Many goods were unavailable so people spent their money on other things › More people read books & magazines › 60 Percent of the population went to the movies ever week

14.  Victory Gardens › Home vegetable garden planted to add to the home food supply › Government also encouraged recycling of metal, paper and other materials