1. The Home Front Objective: Explain how Americans helped the war effort

2. Bubble Map – pages 758 - 761  Create a bubble map to explain how each group helped with the war effort: Men Children African Americans Japanese Americans Women Latinos Native Americans

7. Rationing  Shortage of goods  People could only buy limited amounts of certain items because materials were needed for the war  Ration stamps used to buy their share of those items  examples: gas, tires, sugar, coffee, shoes, meat  Planted “victory gardens” go ease food shortages

9. Women at Work  “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda to encourage women to work outside the home

11. African Americans  Tuskegee Airmen destroyed more than 250 enemy planes  Benjamin Davis, Jr. – became the first African American general in the Air Force

12. Native Americans  “Code Talkers” – Navajos used a code based on their language to relay messages  Japanese could not break the code

14. Latinos  Bracero program – more than 200,000 Mexican workers came to help harvest crops and build and maintain railroads  Often faced discrimination

15. Japanese Americans  Some served as fighters  Two of these fighting units won more medals than any other in the history of the army  Military and political leaders were worried because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

17. Internment Camps  Japanese-American internment – more than 110,000 people placed in internment camps under Executive Order 9066  Many lost their possessions  Camps were crowded and uncomfortable  Many kept for the next three years

21. Summary

28.  More than two-thirds were Japanese Americans were Nisei (born in the United States)  Nations fears were unfounded – 10 people were found guilty of treason during WWII, none were Japanese Americans  1988 – US acknowledge the injustice; Congress issued an apology and each survivor received $20,000

29. Summary  Explain why some consumer goods were in short supply during the war.  Why were some people suspicious of Japanese Americans?  What did the US government do about these suspicions? Activity suggestions: illustrate a way Americans helped the war effort; create a propaganda poster encouraging people to grow victory gardens