Today, we continued discussion on the WWII powerpoint (part 2) and then we watched some Disney cartoons on WWII propaganda...
Test Questions:
US Homefront:--what people are doing at home to help with the war
1. Selective Training and Service Act--1940; Roosevelt and Congress passed it in 1940; (drafting); First peacetime draft in US history; Used until 1973 to fill military needs; After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
2. Women's role in WWII:
--Rosie the Riveter-represented women workers in WWII, was the poster child for women who worked in factories--it really helped open up their rights--many women became nurses to help soldiers in the world...women would work as secretaries (would type up the letters to sent to families saying that "so and so" had died..women were also needed as: waitresses, time keepers, elevator operators, teachers, conductors, etc.
--Women were very vital in the war effort..women did not fight in the war..the Women's army corps did typing and desk jobs...--they made maps, developing pictures...WAVES-Women's Navy:each branch had their own version for military; WASP-Woment's Arm Service Pilots (test drive planes and get them 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; convicted of treason-she tried to demoralize our troops...
3. African-American's role in WWII:
--African Americans were discriminated against, during WWII they were segregated as well as other races--they worked in factories if they didn't fight..otherwise they did fight in the war by being pilots......minorities played a significant role during WWII--they did everything that you would expect while still being discriminated against...
4. Asian's role in WWII
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
--Hollywood in WWII: Looney Tunes, Walt Disney movies--they made propaganda films and helped to get people to buy war bonds and boost moral...--Bob Hope (comedian); made movies and comedy shows--USO tour (the US tried to get as many comedians and singers to go and entertain sodiers in Korea and other places to give soldiers some time off and give them something to look forward to and enjoy.)--John Wayne did a lot of WWII movies as well as westerns; he was one of the bigger actors and really got his name during WWII...
6. Office of Price Administration: OPA and Rationing: the Office of Price Administration was established in 1941 to administer price controls--kept prices limited and controlled rationing
--Food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meat; clothing rationing restricted silk and nylon.
--Gasoline rationing began in May 1942 on the East coast, limiting use to five gallons per week.
--By the end of 1942, half of the nation's automobiles were issued an A sticker, allowing 4 gallons per week.
--The other half of automobiles had either a B sticker (supplementary allowance for war workers) or a C sticker (vital occupation such as a doctor)
--Truckers had a T sticker for unlimited amounts
--A black market developed in stolen or counterfeit stickers that were used 30% of gasoline sales
--By 1945, there were 32,500 motorists arrested for using such false stickers, 1300 convictions, 4000 gasoline stations closed.
--Everything was stamped based
--People would stand in line for sugar
--One thing that was not rationed, was horse meat (you could get as much of it as you wanted)
7. War Production Board: it was all about production; was aimed to get factories to produce as much as they could--making stuff was very important for WWII
8. National War Labor Board: didn't want workers to go on strike; they wanted managers to pay their workers well so that they wouldn't lose their workers...tried to bring workers and owners together..."together they win"...
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 C. Marshall:
--Chief of Staff of the US military during WWII--head of the US military;
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
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
29. Why did the Allies win WWII
--the women were the ones who made our weapons..so we had more weapons than other countries.
--Henry Kaiser (owner of a ship building company)--by the end of the war, we were making more ships and everything else (war goods) than any of the other countries combined...
--Hollywood in WWII: Looney Tunes, Walt Disney movies--they made propaganda films and helped to get people to buy war bonds and boost moral...--Bob Hope (comedian); made movies and comedy shows--USO tour (the US tried to get as many comedians and singers to go and entertain sodiers in Korea and other places to give soldiers some time off and give them something to look forward to and enjoy.)--John Wayne did a lot of WWII movies as well as westerns; he was one of the bigger actors and really got his name during WWII...
--"Kilroy was here" was a man who worked on the docks and would put that phrase on ships (JJ Kilroy) so it became very popular and famous.
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