complete the following chart and answer the three questions at the bottom of the paper. mtwthf items...
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Complete the following chart and answer the three questions at the bottom of the paper.M T W Th F
Items Purchased
Daily Stamps
Total Stamps
Imagine the cafeteria has instituted a new payment program. You receive a stamp book with 100 stamps a week to purchase your lunches. Using the menu, complete the table by listing what you would eat each day of the week. Then tally the daily stamps used.
Sandwich 15 stamps
Hamburger 20 stamps
Juice 15 stamps
Hot dog 15 stamps
Pasta 15 stamps
Salad 10 stamps
Yogurt 10 stamps
Milk 10 stamps
Bottled Water 5 stamps
Piece of Fruit 10 stamps
Answer the first question on Mobilizing the Home Front handout.
Analyze cartoons in order to explain the methods used by the government to prepare the country for World War II.
In 1940, Congress passed the Selective Service and Training Act- enacted the draft 1st peace time draft ever in US history From 1940-1947 over 10,000,000 men
had been drafted
Government created the War Productions Board. It’s purpose was to make sure there
were enough supplies for the war▪ Converted factories to makes sure there was
enough supplies▪ Car factories made tanks and airplanes▪ Soft drink factories filled shells with explosives
Demand for war materials improves the economy Businesses were hiring more, farmers
had a better market prices Gross Domestic Product rose rapidly Personal income grew by 110%
Deficit increased by over $175 billion Deficit Spending is when the government
spends more $ than it brings in with taxes Passed the Revenue Act of 1942-
tripled the number of people who paid income taxes
Sold liberty bonds- enabled the government to borrow from the public
Describe two efforts of government mobilization for World War II.
Inflation was a huge problem Production of war materials meant fewer
consumer goods Created the Office of Price
Administration Fought inflation by setting prices and
increasing interest rates Reduced consumption through rationing:
limiting the distribution of certain goods▪ like meat, sugar, and gasoline
Government created the Office of the Office of Civilian DefenseCivilian Defense- purpose to teach civilians how to help with the war effort Organized scrap drives- recycling metal
that could be used for the war Encouraged people to grow victory
gardens Organized blackouts incase of a bombing
attack
The Office of War Information was created to handle propaganda to unify the country to favor the war. Worked with Hollywood to produce war
friendly films
For each of the following cartoons decide if what agency would have
wanted the cartoon made and how you know.Agencies: War Industries Board, Office of Civilian Defense, Office of Price Administration, US Treasury (War Bonds), IRS (Taxes)
Maryland has passed a law limiting the number of teenagers allowed to go into a drug store, like CVS, to 3 at a time. What is the motivation for this law? Is this law justifiable for the common good
of the people? Why or why not?
HW: Supreme Court case Korematsu v. US.
Describe the impact of the war on different minorities in order to understand the new opportuniies and hardships faced by each group.
Each member of your group will be assigned a group.
Read the section in the textbook about that group. Women pg. 456-457 African American pg. 458-459 Mexican Americans 462-463 Japanese Americans 454-455
Record notes on the group in your chart about the given topics
When everyone is done present your notes to your group.
Read your section from the Hist. Alive textbook.
Take notes on your groups- explain the terms in your portion of the chart.
Write an acrostic poem describing opportunities (and lack of opportunities).
Write the word opportunities vertically on a sheet of notebook paper
Write on sentence next to the letter O: “Openings in defense plants give women new confidence and freedom”
For each subsequent letter, write a sentence that describes the opportunities or lack of opportunities – 3 letters per group