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The Homefront

The Homefront. September 16, 1940 - United States military conscription bill passed. We have the draft!. Your Number Was Called!. Marine Corps Motor Pool. USO Canteen. Betty Grable: Allied Pinup Girl. She Reminded Men What They Were Fighting For.

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The Homefront

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  1. The Homefront

  2. September 16, 1940 - United States military conscription bill passed. We have the draft!

  3. Your Number Was Called!

  4. Marine Corps Motor Pool

  5. USO Canteen

  6. Betty Grable: Allied Pinup Girl She Reminded Men What They Were Fighting For

  7. Fighting the Enemy on the Battlefield & on the Home Front

  8. November 5, 1940 - Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president

  9. Working on the Assembly Line

  10. “Rosie, the Riveter”

  11. Fix that Engine!

  12. Women’s Army Air CorpsPilots

  13. Do Your Bit!

  14. Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy a Bond:It Will Lead to VICTORY!

  15. Get Your Ration Cards

  16. S..t..r..e..t..c..h That Food!

  17. Positive changes in the economy due to the war • Jobs were plentiful due to mobilization of industry • More money to spend and save • Women in work force in record number • African Americans had more skilled job opportunities • GI Bill to pay for education

  18. On the RoadLooking for Work

  19. Problems caused by war • Racial tension especially in L.A. and Detroit • Japanese Americans in internment camps • Returning veterans having difficulty finding jobs • More single moms

  20. Japanese-American Boy Scout Troop in an Internment Camp

  21. Hollywood Pitches In

  22. Bob Hope in the South Pacific

  23. Thanks, for the Memories!

  24. Office of Price Administration (OPA) freezes prices, fights inflation

  25. Protest march against discrimination July 1, 1941

  26. A. Philip Randolph, head of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters led this protest

  27. What injustice happened to the Nisei (Japanese Americans during WWII?

  28. Internment camps sometimes called relocation camps

  29. What was one positive advance for African Americans as a result of WWII?

  30. They advanced to more skilled jobs • More opportunities due to defense mobilization • The shipyards in particular hired African Americans • The second largest employer of African Americans was the federal government.

  31. The Manhattan Project • To disguise this ultra-secret project, the Corps created a Manhattan Engineer District, with a headquarters initially based in New York City. • Most work done at Los Alamos, New Mexico • “Gadget” (Trinity) on July 16, 1945

  32. “Trinity”July 16, 1945

  33. Robert J. Oppenheimer When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.

  34. The Manhattan Project Success • Two atomic bombs were made, “Little Boy” and “Fat Man.” • Scientists at Los Alamos were not fully confident in the “Fat Man” bomb. • Bombs designed to create an accurate and symmetrical implosion.

  35. Fat Man and Little Boy “Fat Man” “Little Boy”

  36. Debate over the Bomb:American Support • Americans were suffering many casualties and the Japanese were showing no signs of possible negotiation. • A cease fire was non-negotiable. • If the United States dropped the atomic bomb, surrender and peace would probably occur.

  37. Why did Truman use the atomic bomb? Give 2 reasons.

  38. He believed it would save American lives Harry Truman became president on April 12, 1945 when FDR died. He is known for the saying “The buck stops here.”

  39. He believed it would end the war

  40. The Mushroom Cloud • 8:15 AM, “The Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima • It exploded about 2,000 ft. above the city and had a blast the equivalent to 13 kilotons of TNT. • Due to radiation, approximately 152,437 additional people have died.

  41. Formal Warning to Japan • On August 10, 1945 thousands of leaflets were dropped over the city of Nagasaki The leaflets called for a petition to the Emperor of Japan to stop the war and agree to thirteen consequences of an honorable surrender. The leaflets called for a petition to the Emperor of Japan to stop the war and agree to thirteen consequences of an honorable surrender. Sample Leaflet

  42. WW II Memorial in Washington, DC Dedicated on April 29, 2004

  43. That’s all folks! Sources: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm www.history.net http://wars.pppst.com/ww2.html www.Wikipedia.com (images)

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