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Chapter 27, Section 3: Americans in Wartime (The Home Front)

Chapter 27, Section 3: Americans in Wartime (The Home Front). Main Idea: Despite economic sacrifices, as well as discrimination faced by certain groups, Americans pulled together as never before to help defeat the enemy. A. Mobilizing for Victory.

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Chapter 27, Section 3: Americans in Wartime (The Home Front)

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  1. Chapter 27, Section 3: Americans in Wartime (The Home Front) Main Idea: Despite economic sacrifices, as well as discrimination faced by certain groups, Americans pulled together as never before to help defeat the enemy.

  2. A. Mobilizing for Victory • Combat Training- 10 mill. drafted + 6 mill. enlisted. Women served in non-combat roles (WACs, WAVEs, etc.) • Economy- War Prod. Brd. helped factories shift to war production (cars to tanks, etc.); the demand for goods ended the Depression • Production- workers exceeded high goals set by FDR; many items became scarce (“Don’t you know there’s a war on?”); rationing system limited how much people could buy of certain items (meat, gas, etc.)

  3. Paying for the War

  4. B. Women & Minorities • Women- “Rosie the Riveter” was the symbol for women who worked in factories during WWII (over 6 mil.) Perceptions of women change • African Americans- disc. in factories and seg. in the military were improved; racial tension between black & white workers led to riots in Detroit, NYC … • Native Americans- Navajo “code talkers” sent coded messages in native language (Japanese never figured it out)

  5. C. Relocation of Japanese Americans • After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast (120,000) were forced to sell their homes & businesses and go to camps in desolate areas because of suspicion by other Americans (no evidence of disloyalty has ever been found) • In the camps, they lived in crowded barracks behind barbed wire. Most were US citizens. • Why singled out? Racism, jealousy?

  6. C. Continued • Despite the treatment of their families, many young Japanese American men served in the armed forces when given the chance. The 442nd Nisei became the most decorated unit in US history. • In 1988 (45 yrs later), the US govt finally apologized for the WWII internment camps and paid each survivor $20,000. Unfortunately, the damage done was far worse.

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