America on the home front

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America on the home front

• What was happening in America?

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America on the home front

• After the U.S. entered the war in 1941, the
  nation moved to full-scale wartime production
  (Mobilization)
• Building up and organizing the armed forces
  becomes the nations priority

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America on the home front

• As men went to fight overseas, women and
  minorities went to work in the factories (again)
• Women left their homes for good paying jobs that
  helped the war effort and were formerly held by
  men

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America on the home front

• Who is this woman?

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America on the home front

• Rosie the Riveter Slang term for all women who
  worked in wartime factories
• She was the most popular of all pieces of
  propaganda and represented all women working in
  the factories

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America on the home front

• What about other minorities in the U.S?
• Japanese-Americans were singled out and faced
  discrimination after Pearl Harbor
• Sound familiar???

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America on the home front

• Japanese-Americans lived mainly on the west coast
  of the U.S. and after Pearl Harbor many Americans
  thought they were disloyal and helping Japan
• The U.S. govt decides to do something very
  drastic

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America on the home front

• Anti-Japanese feelings grew and FDR issues
  Executive Order 9066 in 1942
• This order forced all Japanese-Americans from
  their homes and placed in internment camps in the
  middle of the U.S.

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America on the home front

• Americans were encouraged to ration (save) food
  and gasoline, have meatless Tuesdays, and plant
  victory gardens
• Also encouraged to buy war bonds to help pay for
  the war

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America on the home front

• How did the U.S. keep up their spirits through
  the war?
• -Propaganda-

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