Population
increase due to migration
people migrated for housing available, african americans leave cotton fields, military wives following husbands
bases established or inlarged
Rationing
system started at beginning of war
tires first, bc of the reduction of natural materials
following tires came typewriters, passenger seats, sugar, gas, footwear, fuel oil bikes, stoves, coffee, meat. lard, shortening and oils, cheese, butter, margerine, processed foods, dried fruits, canned milk, firewood and coal
people started to using food stamps
in order to get a book o f food stamps, you must appear in front of a local rationing board
every person in a household was aloud one book of stamps, including infants and babies
when purchasing gas, must have has card, stamp and cash present
Role of women
women took active role in WW2
took many paid jobs
also filled woman jobs created by war
broke into jobs such as bank teller or sales oerson
nearly one million gov girls took federal jobs
made men realize could do male fobs
fought for qual pay and made huge impact
gain confidence
millions of jobs in volunteer such as Red Cross
air pilots
Then bruns started his presentation
Home Front
Selecrive training and service act 1940
first peacetime draft in US history
Used until 1973 to fill military needs
After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
George C. Marshall
Cheif of Staff of US military during WW2
WOmen jobs
nursing
typist
factory workers
Farm workers
salespersons
bus drivers
taxi drivers
elevator operators
Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri
forced to broadcast propaganda for Japan
in these radio programs she taunted the troops and played music from home
she was a US citizen in Japan
Convicted of treason
African Americans in WW2 bombed italy and fighting in other places
Asian Americans did fight in germany but most did not fight against Japan
Henry Kaiser biggest reason we won the war and men like him
headed the biggest ship building factory in teh US
Hollywood in WW2
getting the message out
Bob Hope and the USO tour
Stand up comedain
WW2-last 5 years
Bing Crosby
John Wayne
Rationing
Clothing Silk and nylon
Gas 5 gallons a week
ABC stickers
A common american
B supplementary allowance for war workers
C vital occupation such as doctor
T sticker for unlimited amounts
Horse meat was not rationed
War in Europe
U-boats(Germany)
Enigma
System in which GErmany transferred their message through codes
TheBombe undcoded the message(US)
Hunter-killers chasing submarines death charges
Operation Barbarosa
the largest land war in world history
3:30 am on June 22, 1942
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