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Your Task As a Group. View this power point and/or do outside research Decide how you want to tell the story of life in America during WWII. Be sure to cover at least two actions/ responsibilities of the government and US citizens - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Your Task As a GroupView this power point and/or do outside researchDecide how you want to tell the story of life in America during WWII.Be sure to cover at least two actions/ responsibilities of the government and US citizensShare your completed product with Mr. K via email or Google docsProducts must be digital in nature and will be posted on Mr. K’s websiteProjects can be (but are not limited to) a glogster.com, podcast, song, poem, children’s story, wallwisher.com, mashon.com, superherosquad.marvel.com
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Mobilizing For War
US on the Home Front
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Men needed to FightSelective Service Act - First peacetime draft in US history (1940)
Men between 18 - 45 had to register
15 million Americans served in the military
1 million Blacks300,000 Mexican-Americans
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War is Good for the EconomyDepression ends when war industries start upUS needs jeeps, tanks, planes, guns, and other suppliesIncomes rise, unemployment fell
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War Production Board (WPB)Supervised conversion of factories to wartime productionNo cars were built in the early 40’s
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Scrap DrivesUS needed rubber, metal and other goodsGovt. organized nationwide scrap drives
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RationingIn order to control amounts of needed goods, the government limited what each family could buyRationed items included meat, gas, coffee, shoes
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Warning of SpiesGovernment warned citizens not to talk about the war in public for fear of spiesPossibly done to stop people from protesting war
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War BondsSold to raise money for the warSupposed to spend 10% of salary on war bonds
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Women in the MilitaryWomen Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) - women flew training and supply planesWomen’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) - Worked in communicationsNursing Corps served in combat areas
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Women and Minorities in the WorkforceJobs are open as the men leave to fightBlacks again move to cities to take factory jobsWomen leave the home to go to workGovt. propaganda includes Rosie the Riveter
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Click here to link to popular music of the World War II Era
http://www.6thcorpsmusic.us/