More lecturing about the powerpoint.US Homefront:People back home making war goods, food, medical supplies.1. Selective Training and Service Act-Instituted the U.S. draft. First peacetime draft in U.S. history, was used until 1973 to fill military needs. After that, the military depended on volunteers.George C. Marshall was the cheif of staff during WWII.2. Women's role in WWIITook over men's jobs. (Rosie the Riveter) Nursing. Typists, making equipment and ammunition. WASP; Women's Army Service Pilots; tested planes, transported them. Tokyo Rose forced to broadcast propaganda to the Allied troops for Japan. She taunted the troops and played music from home. She was a U.S. citizen and was convicted of treason.3. African-American's role in WWIIFought in infantry, flied airplanes.4. Asian's role in WWII5. Hollywood's role in WWIIEntertained troops overseas, put out propaganda films, portrayed Germans/Japanese as bad, ugly, and us as just and invincible. Cary Grant, John Wayne famous actors. USO (Bob Hope); sent actors/singers/dancers overseas to entertain the troops.6. Office of Price AdministrationDeals with price controls; dealt with rationing food/gas/clothing. Thousands of workers. Food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meat; clothing rationing restricted silk and nylon. Gas rationing began in May 1942; limited to 5 gallons of gas per week. Assigned stickers, A allowed 4 gallons/week, B sticker; supplementary allowance for war workers, C sticker; vital occupation such as doctor, T sticker; truckers allowed unlimited gas. Black market developed in stolen or counterfeit stickers. 1945; 32,500 motorists arrested for using false stickers, 4000 gas stations closed. Everyone given booklet of stamps to buy food. Book came with instructions and 28 stamps.7. War Production BoardPropagandatold workers not to waste time, work hard, etc.8. National War Labor BoardMade sure workers got along, anti-strike.9. Why the Homefront helped win the warHenry Kaiser- built ships. Everyone helped make medical supplies, weapons, ammunition.10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)13. Battle in Africa and Italy14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley15. D-Day-Operation Overlord16. Battle of the Bulge17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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