Monday, March 25

Today we took notes on assigned blog 5.

-The US Homefront

  • Women's role-
    • factory work and helped win the war. They became nurses everywhere. WAVES- Women Navy like secretary and anything not combat.
  • Factories-War Production Board
    • We made many things and that's how we came to highest power!
  • War bonds
    • Helped the U.S. Pay for the war by lending money to the government and making interest off it.
  • Japanese relocation camps
    • Hard life for Japanese! We were worried about spys and a lot of it was just racism. They were given entertainment, jobs, and school. No grass but wasnt as bad as German camps.
  • Propaganda
    • Persuading people to do things.
      • Buy War Bonds
      • Enlist Today!
      • Make us look good and Germany bad
      • Do your part today!
  • War rationing-Office of Price Administration
    • Food rations for families. They were given stickers for gas rations and many other supplies. People did illegally buy stickers because they wanted more. Families were given war ration books
  • 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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