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U.S. Homefront Mobilization in World War II

Learn about diverse citizen involvement during WWII - African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and America's role in the Holocaust. Explore propaganda, rationing, discrimination, and military contributions, from signing Executive Order 8802 to the Nuremberg Trials.

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U.S. Homefront Mobilization in World War II

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  1. The Homefront Part 2

  2. Getting Citizens Involved • It was important to have the citizens at home feel like they were doing their part during the war. • Propaganda encouraged citizen support. • People also encountered rationing of various items because supply was short.

  3. African Americans In 1941, 1 in 5 were jobless President signed Executive Order 8802 which opened jobs and job training programs in defense plants “without discrimination because race, creed, color, or national origin” More that 2 million migrated north Fought in military in segregated units Social Impact of WWII

  4. Mexican Americans • Served in military, contributed to economy, but face discrimination • Agreement between Mexico & U.S. providing for transportation, food, shelter, and medical attention for thousands of “braceros” • Brought a rise in Latino population in southern California • Zoot Suit Riots

  5. Native Americans • 25,000 fought in the military • Migrated to urban centers for defense jobs • Cultural transition brought a sense of having lost their roots • Played an important role as “code talkers” in the Pacific theater

  6. Japanese Americans • Hostility towards Japanese Americans grew to hatred and hysteria after Pearl Harbor • War Relocation Authority removed all people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps away from west coast • After 1943, Japanese were accepted into armed forces and many won recognition for their courage in Europe

  7. Holocaust & America • Hitler’s idea to rid the world of undesirables, mostly the entire Jewish race. • Over 6 million Jewish people were killed in this genocide. • America played a role in the liberation of the death camps. • Nuremberg Trials, Nov 1945, 12 Nazi leaders received the death penalty for crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes

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