Monday March 25

Today we went over our blog posts and then took notes for our test Thursday.

-The US Home front

U.S. Home front:

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 every day 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 (women 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 Caucasian
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/nylon per week; it made sure everybody got something
Each family was allowed 5 gallons of gas per week; this amount ranged depending 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 guaranteed them food every week.
There were illegal activities going on though; selling gasoline for money, copying stamps, giving stamps to friends/family etc.
Horse meat was not rationed

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

Blogs