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WWII on the Home Front

WWII on the Home Front. Opener. How many sacrifices should the government ask you to make during war time? What sacrifices would you be willing to make in order to contribute? . Rationing. Office of Price Administration regulate consumers

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WWII on the Home Front

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  1. WWII on the Home Front

  2. Opener • How many sacrifices should the government ask you to make during war time? What sacrifices would you be willing to make in order to contribute?

  3. Rationing • Office of Price Administration • regulate consumers • freezing prices, wages, rents, rationing valuable goods • ration books for each family member • Rationed items • sugar • coffee • meat • butter • tires • gasoline

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  5. Conservation • Conserve food: Canning and Victory Gardens • Water, fuel, material goods, • Time and health: never miss a day of work • Scrap and salvage drives • Pots, pans, shoes and tires collected

  6. American Business • Unprecedented control of businesses • War Production Board • Office of War Mobilization • Economic Boom: War demand and government contracts • Great Depression ends

  7. Raising Production • Raising Production: • double the Axis Dec. 7 1942 • Unions and Strikes: • Companies/Unions agreed not to strike • Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (1943) • Paying for the War: • Income Tax • War bonds $1.7 Trillion(2012)

  8. Soldiers - Marines • 16 million served • majority drafted • 12% in combat • 25% never left the US

  9. Moving Population • Moved away from country to big cities • New towns around military/industry • Los Angeles, Detroit, Seattle, and Baton Rouge - Boomtowns

  10. Women at War • 216,000 Women served in none combat positions • Clerks • Cooks • Operators • Servants • WASPs, WAACs, WAVES,

  11. Women at Work • 25% of the workforce pre-war • 5 million women joined • Rosie the Riveter • Unequal pay -temporary

  12. African-Americans at War • 120,000 armed services • Segregated Units • Many served in noncombat roles Tuskegee Airmen

  13. African Americans at Work • 1.6 Million moved from the South • 2 million blacks would find work in the war industries • Double V

  14. Riots, Randolph and Rights • Race Riots New York, Detroit • A. Phillip Randolph march on Washington • Fair Employment Practices Committee • prohibiting race discriminating in war industries

  15. Mexican-Americans • 750,000 Armed Services • Braceros (Strong arms) Agricultural workers • LA- Zoot Suit Riots • Week long brawl

  16. Closer • How has government/civilian interaction changed in times of national emergency since WWII? • Would you be willing to participate in rationing today to support the War on Terror? Why or why not?

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