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WWII Home Front: Women Workers, Rationing, Victory Gardens, & Japanese Internment

Learn how the U.S. got into WWII, with key events like Rosie the Riveter symbolizing women entering the workforce, rationing of essential goods, Victory Gardens aiding war efforts, and the grim history of Japanese internment camps. Explore the impact on society through these pivotal moments of history.

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WWII Home Front: Women Workers, Rationing, Victory Gardens, & Japanese Internment

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  1. May 27, 2014 RAW How did the U.S. get into WWII? AIM 67 The Home Front!

  2. I. The Home Front • Rosie the Riveter: Women at work. Millions of women enter the work force to replace men. • Produce war materials. • Women will earn less than men and be fired when the war ends.

  3. Rationing: People were only allowed to buy certain items on certain days. • Shoes, gas,tires, sugar, meat.

  4. Victory Gardens: People were encouraged to grow their own food to help the war effort. • The food would be grown in gardens and canned by people. • This saved valuable farm products for the soldiers.

  5. No person… shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. 5th Amendment

  6. I. Japanese Internment • After Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese people leads to the Internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans. • FDR issues executive order 9066 placing Americans in camps across the midwestern and southern parts of the United States.

  7. RACISM! • One of the worst periods in American History. • In 1988 President George Bush will apologize to the survivors of the camps. • Each SURVIVOR will receive $20,000 paid in installments.

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