The US Homefront
- Women's role
-Women were afraid to get big muscles by working in the factories.
-Women started to take over the factories so we could produce more supplies.
-They wanted women to help in the war by farmworking, salespersons, busdrivers, messengers, teachers, and lots more.
-Women did more than work in factories. Every branch of the military had a branch for women. They would do mapwork and everything except fighting.
-Lots of women did stay home
-WAVES (Women's Navy) they did everything that was non combat.
-WASP (Women's Army Service)- Women for the army
-WAC (Women's Army Core)- Women in the army
- Factories-War Production Board
-Encouraged mass production of goods.
-We won because of our production of goods.
-Became a world power due to our military and economic power.
-They wanted to make as much as they can.
-National War Labor Board- They wanted workers and owner's to work together. They wanted them to put aside their differences during the war so we can win the war more easily.
- War bonds
-They helped the United States pay for the war.
-The people who bought them were lending money to the government for the war then will get interest afterwards.
- This was a huge part of world war 2. It payed for the war.
- Japanese relocation camps
- When america put Japanese people who lived in america into camps.
-We were afraid if they were spies.
-None of them ended up being spies only caucasion's were caught spying
-They had to pack up their homes and then were sent to the camps
-They were given jobs and were paid and were able to play sports and go to school
-Bill Clinton officially appologized to the Japan people acknowledging how they did everything wrong
- Propaganda
-Persuading people to do something
- Propogandas were war bonds, enlist, Make US look good and germany look bad,and do your part today
- War rationing-Office of Price Administration
-It made it so each family had an opportunity for food and were limited
-Each family was issued a book
-Each family could have 5 gallons of gas per week. You were given one of 3 stickers depending on your importance to your war.
- Hollywood in WWII
-The number one goal of Hollywood in WW2 played a vital roll making the enemies look stupid and make us look good to get people into the war effort.
- The story of "Kilroy was here"
-They would build ships. They would put flags on the ship to keep track of their hours. Then a guy named Kilroy was fed up with people taking out his flags and then he started drawing a cartoon and would write Kilroy was here. Hitler and those guys were afraid Kilroy was a spy.
US Fighting:
-US in Africa
- Took place in North Africa and we were there for about 6 months. Germany, Italy (Axis Powers) vs Great Britain, United States (Allies). We fought there for resources and control of the Mediterranean sea.
-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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