Blog Discussion Day/ Test Notes:
U.S. Homefront:
Women's role
- worked in the factories for the men who were fighting in the war; factories were a key factor in why the allies won the war
- Rosie the Riveter = represented women saying we can help in this war and won't get building muscles
- Nursing was a common job for woman also
- Others = waitresses, taxi drivers, farm workers, typist, secretary job, nursing, factory workers, laundress etc.
- They tried to recruit women by telling them 'the more you work, the faster your loved ones can return home to you.'
- Women's army core = women just help out with everday jobs that the men could not do while they were overseas.
- WAVES (Women's Navy) = they wouldn't fight on the seas but they would do everything that was non-combat like
- WASP (womens army service pilots) = they would test plans and work on them
- WAC (Women's army core) = any type of work that didn't involve combat
Factories-War Production Board
- Tried to encourage mass production of goods; this United States production of goods for the allies was probably the #1 reason why we won WW2
- Make as much stuff as you could; don't waste time while you're working
- National War Labor Board = all about workers and owners working together and put aside their differences and work together so that no strikes would break out. "Because together we win"
War bonds
- An investment where you would lend money to the government; you would eventually make interest on this and earn money back
- The more money you had, the more war bonds you invested in
- This paid for the war
Japanese relocation camps
- Made because the government were fearful of Japanese spies and we couldn't trust them
- It was like a concentration camp for the Japanese but there were very few deaths/killings from sickness and some violent acts (not many) and it was nothing close to the Jews concentration camps; they were able to play sports, go to school, get jobs and get paid.
- The Japanese-Americans we caught were actually innocent. The only Japan spies we caught were caucasion
- These camps were mostly in the west; many in California
- On October 1, 1993, President Bill Clinton officially wrote an apology for forcing the Japanese-Americans into camps; this letter also made an Act to make mends with them and make things right; they were given money
Propaganda
- Persuading people to do something
- Examples= Getting people to buy war bonds, Enlisting yourself in the military during WW2, Made U.S. look great and Germany look bad, 'Do your part' to work (women etc)
- Urgency was a key thing with propaganda; do it TODAY
- Posters, songs, movies, phrases etc
War Rationing-Office of Price Administration
- Set up to prevent the rich from hording all the food
- In the spring of 1942, food rationing was set into motion
- Involved food stamps: Red/Blue stamps
- Made it so each family during the war could only have so much food/oil/gas/silk/nilon per week; it made sure everybody got something
- Each family was allowed 5 gallons of gas per week; this amount ranged depeding on your occupation (doctors, truck drivers, war workers got more than a normal civilian)
- Each family was issued a war rationed book which kept track of their food intake and guarenteed them food every week.
- There were illegal activites going on though; selling gasoline for money, copying stamps, giving stamps to friends/family etc.
- Horse meat was not rationed
Hollywood in WWII
The story of "Kilroy was here"
US Fighting:
-US in Africa
-US in Italy
-D-Day
-US bombing of Germany
-VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
-Battle of Coral Sea
-Battle of Midway
-Battle of Iwo Jima
-Battle of the Philippines
-Battle of Okinawa
-Hiroshima bombing
-Nagasaki bombing
-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
-Yalta Conference
-Potsdam Conference
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