talked about upcoming blog assignments..
for first president blog include 2 pictures, 2 sources
cold war-- powerpoint, short bullets, lots of pictures, atleast 3 sources at the end, get audience involved
US Homefront: our land, what we're doing at home to help win the war
1. Selective Training and Service Act
1940- first peacetime draft in US history. used until 1973 to fulfill military needs
after 1973, the US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
2. Women's role in WWII
Rosie the Riveter-woman on the poster representing women workers in WWII
women worked in factories: concerns they had-getting muscles, breaking nails, getting dirty
became nurses and nursed men who had been hurt in the war
women stenographers, farm workers, sales people, waitresses, bus drivers, taxi drivers, time keepers, elevator operators, messengers, laundresses, teachers, conductors
army- womens army corp (WAC) didnt fight, typing, filing, photography "women's work"
navy- waves (women's navy) once again, no fighting.. telephone operators, secretary work
airforce- WASP women's army service pilots.. test planes, transport planes from point a to point b.
- "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri: forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for Japan. in these radio programs, she taunted the troops and played music from home. she was a US citizen in Japan and was convicted of treason for this.
3. African-American's role in WWII (and other minorities)
worked in factories, faced discrimination, some joined the military, at first had their own units (not mixed), fought in the front lines, flew air planes,
4. Asian's role in WWII
(same as above)
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
6. Office of Price Administration
7. War Production Board
8. National War Labor Board
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George Marshall-chief of staffof the US military during WWII
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
16. Battle of the Bulge
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
*Why did the allies win WWII?
women working in the factories. we had more "stuff"
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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