u. s. homefront activities. “rosie the riveter 2.5 million women work in shipyards, aircraft...
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U. S. Homefront Activities
“Rosie the Riveter
2.5 million women work in shipyards, aircraft factories, and manufacturing
4 million women hired for government clerical work http://youtu.be/55NCElsbjeQ
African Americans Demand War Work A. Philip Randolp, head of Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, challenges FDR with a march on D.C. FDR creates Fair Employment Practices
Commission- 1st civil rights agency since Reconstruction to bar discrimination- 1941
Mexicans become farmworkers
Wartime economy needed more workers bracero program- 200,000 Mexicans
came to US to harvest crops -1942 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BGeB7kG6Q88&feature=youtu.be&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Japanese American Relocation Camps Reaction to Japanese attack on Pearl? Would
Japanese Americans would not remain loyal? FDR signs order the create camps for over
100,000 Japanese Americans: 1942-1945 No Japanese American every found to be a spy.
Translators/ most highly decorated unit- 442nd
Victory Gardens
Civilians were encouraged to plant extra gardens so they would eat home produce and ship the extra food to the military. http://youtu.be/4ZgXsXIavPI
Rationing Office of Price Administration began
rationing- limiting product availability at home- more availability for military: meat, sugar, gasoline, rubber, nylon
http://youtu.be/60qOtTaz6VQ
Scrap Drives War Production Board- turns peace
time factories into wartime factories Sets up collection drives: fat-
collection, metal, paper, rubber to recycle for war
http://youtu.be/L7q_DGX_HKk
War Bonds Government spent $300 billion on WWII
Half of the war effort was funded by E Bonds- pay $18.75 redeem for $25 in 10 years http://youtu.be/C8H00RPk948
Taxes raised to fund war Government raised taxes to cover 45%
of war ( prior to WWII only the wealthiest pay taxes – ½ Americans didn’t pay at all )
Propaganda
To encourage the country to support the war in every way http://smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/wwii/
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