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Tuesday, March 27th

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act (1940)

*people who were 18 years of age or older had to go to war

*first peacetime draft in US history

*after 1973 we went back to volunteer 

2. Women's role in WWII

*women started doing "men's work" dur

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Tuesday, March 27

1. Selective Training and Service Act

Required all capable men to sign up for the military and they were required to fight if called upon. 

2. Women's role in WWII

Propoganda pieces emphasized women getting jobs to help the war effort. 

3. African-Americ

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Tuesday, March 27th

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  •  Instituted the draft! 
  • First peacetime draft in US History
  • Used till 1973

2. Women's role in WWII

  • (Rosie the Riveter)
  • Nursing
  • Working in factories
  • Typists, waitresses, bus drivers, etc
  • Women's Navy / WASP (test planes)
  • "T
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Tuesday, March 27

Blog Discussion:

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

 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

 Started working in fa

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Tuesday, March 27th 2012.

Today we had our blog discussions of the following topics:

 

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

Allowed people who were 18 to go into the military. Set up the draft (United States institute drafts to try to get their numbers up.

First pe

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3/27/12

1. Selective Training and Service Act

-It forced people 18 and older to join the army

-First peacetime draft in US History

-Used until 1973

-After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs

 

2. Women's role in WWII

-Women started working and li

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Tuesday, March 27

Today was a blog discussion day.

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  • Allowed people who were 18 to go into the army.
  • It was the draft and forced them to go.
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs.
  • After 1973 U.S. millitary depended on volu
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Tuesday, March 27th

Today we continued the Blog Discussion

War Bonds were the way we paid for the war.

7. War Production Board

  • Established in 1942 by FDR
  • It was to make sure that they kept up with production of goods
  • Automobile Factories would start making tanks

8. National W

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Tuesday March 27th

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  •  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

  •  Women started working and like helping ou
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Tuesday, March 27th

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  • allowed people at age 18 to draft for the war
  • First peacetime draft in US History
  • Used until 1973 to fill miltary needs
  • After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs

 

2. Women's role in WWII

  • Factory work
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Tuesday March 27th

WWII NOTES

1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940

  • Allowed people who were 18 to join the Military
  • Instituted drafts
  • Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
  • after 1973,
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

 -First draft in history.. younger people sent to war

 

2. Women's role in WWII

-played a huge role

-did factory work, were nurses..

 

3. African-American's role in WWII

-many were drafted

-the Tuskegee Airm

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Tuesday March 27

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

 

2. Women's role in WWII

 They made bullets and a buunch of materials and didnt fight and they were nurses.

3. African-American's role in WWII

 They registered for war they were segregated They werent a

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Tuesday, March 27th

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

*It allowed people that were eighteen to go into the war

*First peacetime draft in US History

*Used until 1973 to fill military needs

*After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs

2. Wome

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Monday, March 26, 2012

US Homefront:

1. Selective Training and Service Act

It allowed people that were eighteen to go into the war. It instituted the draft. It was the first peacetime draft in US history. After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs.

2. Women'

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Tuesday March 27th

Blog discussions

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  • passed in 1940
  • first draft in us history

2. Women's role in WWII

  • women took over making of food, war supplies, buisnesses
  • test airplaines
  • secretaries

3. African-American's role in WWII

  •  foug
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March 27th 2012

US Homefront:

1. Selective Training and Service Act- 1940

  • It was the 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

  • Women began to work as wait
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  • Passed in 1940
  • First peacetime draft in US history

2. Women's role in WWII

  • Rosie the Riviter- women labor poster
  • Worked in factories
  • Proformed men jobs
  • Made war materials
  • Red Cross, nurses, and other milita
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Tuesday March 27

 

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940

  • Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet 
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
  • after 1973, US military depends on volunteers to fill needs

 

2. Women'

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