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WWII: The Home Front

WWII: The Home Front. Ch 12.3. Monday, April 23, 2012. Daily goal: Understand the significance of Korematsu v US, the Bracero program and Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter. Rosie wasn’t a real woman, but a symbolic of every woman who worked a war job. Bracero Program.

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WWII: The Home Front

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  1. WWII: The Home Front Ch 12.3

  2. Monday, April 23, 2012 • Daily goal: • Understand the significance of Korematsu v US, the Braceroprogram and Rosie the Riveter.

  3. Rosie the Riveter • Rosie wasn’t a real woman, but a symbolic of every woman who worked a war job.

  4. Bracero Program • The gov’t started the program to fix the labor shortage on farms by bringing Mexicans to the US as temporary workers.

  5. Fair Employment Practice Commission • A. Philip Randolph pressured FDR create the FEPC to ensure “there shall be no discrimination in employment of workers in war industries.”

  6. Zoot Suit Riots • Mexican Americans were attacked byZ • Rumors lead to riots breaking out between sailors and zootsuiters all over the country.

  7. Japanese-American Internment • FDR signed an order which gave the War Dept the right to make any part of the US a military zone and remove anyone they wanted from it. • Japanese-Americans were ordered to “relocate” to internment camps.

  8. Korematsu v US • Fred Korematsu refused to go the interment camps and sued the gov’t. • The gov’t found that the relocation order was constitutional, because it was not based on race but “military urgency.”

  9. Rationing • Rationing became necessary to ensure there would be enough for the War. • Buying rationed items required the cash plus a ration book coupon.

  10. Victory gardens • Americans were encouraged to grow Victory Gardens, which would leave more for the troops.

  11. E Bonds pay for the War • The gov’t sold E Bonds and raised income taxes to pay for the war.

  12. Wages and Price Controls • The OPA and OES were created to control wages and prices. • The War Labor Board settled disputes to avoid strikes.

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