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Life on the Home Front

Life on the Home Front. Patriotism Inspires E xceptional A ctions. War Bonds – citizens bought them to help pay for the war (people gave $ to the gov’t and 10 years later, could get more back) Volunteerism – willingness of Americans to get involved. Paying for the War. Rationing

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Life on the Home Front

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  1. Life on the Home Front Patriotism Inspires Exceptional Actions

  2. War Bonds – citizens bought them to help pay for the war (people gave $ to the gov’t and 10 years later, could get more back) • Volunteerism – willingness of Americans to get involved Paying for the War

  3. Rationing • Government limited food/clothing/gas so there would be enough to supply the military • Stamps were issued based on family size • Victory Gardens • People grew and canned their own gardens to provide more food Rationing & Victory Gardens

  4. Created by the President • Produced – Pro-Allie, Anti-Axis propaganda • Radio Programs & Newsreels • Required all movies to contribute to the war effort • Tried to stir up distrust of German, Italian, and Japanese leaders • Was this constitutional? Office of War Information

  5. GI – Means “Government Issue” – was stamped on military supplies • Many willingly joined the service, especially after Pearl Harbor • Despite training, few were really ready for combat (emotionally) GI’s

  6. After Pearl Harbor, many questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans • Roosevelt declared non-US citizen German, Italian, & Japanese to be “enemy allies” • Many German & Italian aliens & sent them to Internment Camps in the central US • Executive Order 9066-People of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast were evacuated to internment camps (both citizens and not) • Korematsuvs United States – Japanese American that sued the US about the constitutionality of interning citizens – the court found against him Japanese Americans

  7. Camp in Amache, Colorado Gathering in Puyallup, WA

  8. Women stepped in to jobs left by the men at war • Many did manufacturing jobs • “Rosie the Riveter” was term given to women in factories • WACS (Women’s Army Corps) – attended basic training and most took clerical jobs in the military Women in the Workforce

  9. Tuskegee Airmen • 1st black combat unit • Fighter Pilot unit • Didn’t lose a single bomber assigned to them • Double V • Fought for Victory in the War • Fought for Victory against segregation at home • Employment • Like women, African Americans filled empty jobs left by soldiers African Americans

  10. Native Americans enlisted for military service at higher proportions than any other minority group. • Many men and women left the reservation for the first time to work in defense industries. • Navajo Code Talkers – US needed an code the Japanese couldn’t decipher. Navajo is unwritten and very complex. Native Americans

  11. Many served in the military • Faced continued segregation/discrimination issues • Agricultural Industries recruited men from Mexico to fill jobs left by those in the military Mexican Americans

  12. Faced discrimination at home • Wanted the US to do more about condition of Jews in Europe Jewish Americans

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