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America on the Home Front During World War II

America on the Home Front During World War II. US History Spring 2012. What was state-side America like during World War II?. What similarities were there with WW I?. What changes were taking place?. Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Plane.

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America on the Home Front During World War II

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  1. America on the Home Front During World War II US History Spring 2012

  2. What was state-side America like during World War II? What similarities were there with WW I? What changes were taking place?

  3. Pearl Harbor

  4. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Plane

  5. Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941 A date which will live in infamy!

  6. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

  7. FDR Signs the War Declaration

  8. Pearl Harbor Memorial 2,887 Americans Dead!

  9. Paying for the War

  10. Guilt and Direct Appeal:Protect our women and children from these cruel Nazis and Japs!

  11. Role of Men: Should be masculine, bare-chested; emphasized the muscular, rugged look of men in war

  12. Role of Women: they can help, but not directly.

  13. “Rosie, the Riveter”

  14. Fix that Engine!

  15. Join the Women’s Army Corps

  16. We Need Nurses Badly But make Sure that your Hair is pulled back:

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

  18. Get Your Ration Cards

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

  20. No New Dresses for a While

  21. Collective Sacrifice and personal responsibility: We must all sacrifice some resources and take responsibility by participating in the war effort

  22. African Americans during the War: • Hundreds of thousands of African Americans served in the military during WWII • However, they were segregated on the frontlines and in domestic work

  23. Segregated Units

  24. Double V: Victory Abroad and Victory at home

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

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