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The War Effort at Home I. The Armed Forces 1. Selective Service 1. Selective Service a. Trained over 16 million men a. Trained over 16 million men -over.

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1 The War Effort at Home I. The Armed Forces 1. Selective Service 1. Selective Service a. Trained over 16 million men a. Trained over 16 million men -over 1 million minorities -over 1 million minorities -segregated -segregated -over 200,000 women -over 200,000 women -Army, Coast Guard, -Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force Navy, Air Force

2 II. Organizing War Production 1. “The War of Machines” a. Tanks, bombs, planes a. Tanks, bombs, planes Naval vessels Naval vessels b. F.D.R.’s promise b. F.D.R.’s promise “Miracle of Production” “Miracle of Production” -50,000 tanks & planes / year -50,000 tanks & planes / year -“bridge of ships” -“bridge of ships” -Atlantic and Pacific -Atlantic and Pacific -“arsenal for Democracy” -“arsenal for Democracy” c. New technology c. New technology -synthetic rubber -synthetic rubber -radar-air -radar-air -sonar-sea -sonar-sea -Atomic bomb -Atomic bomb

3 III. Keeping Factories and Farms Going 1. Men in Military=shortage of labor a. Increased Union bargaining power a. Increased Union bargaining power b. Feelings of Patriotism b. Feelings of Patriotism -agreement “no strikes” -agreement “no strikes” -work harder, longer hours -work harder, longer hours -women & minorities step up -women & minorities step up -FDR’s Fair Employment Practices Committee -FDR’s Fair Employment Practices Committee -U.S. production @ all-time high -U.S. production @ all-time high -Increase farm production -Increase farm production -open doors to Mexican immigrants -open doors to Mexican immigrants -run American farms 1942-43 -run American farms 1942-43

4 IV. Paying for the War 1. WWII cost $370 billion a. $100,000 / minute a. $100,000 / minute 2. Where do we get this $? a. Increased income taxes a. Increased income taxes b. Luxury taxes b. Luxury taxes c. Borrow from citizens c. Borrow from citizens -war bonds -war bonds

5 V. Wartime Controls 1. Office of Price Administration (OPA) a. Fix prices to prevent inflation a. Fix prices to prevent inflation b. Rationing b. Rationing -food, metals, etc… -food, metals, etc… 2. American people sacrificed a. Meatless Mondays a. Meatless Mondays b. Wheatless Wednesdays b. Wheatless Wednesdays c. “Victory gardens” c. “Victory gardens”

6 V. Wartime Controls continued… 3. Japanese Americans suffer a. Nisei a. Nisei -accused of sabotage -accused of sabotage b. Intermittent Camps b. Intermittent Camps -held prisoner until end of WWII -held prisoner until end of WWII

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