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United We Stand: America's Homefront Heroes During WWII

Explore the impact of WWII propaganda, internment of Japanese Americans, Executive Order 9066, and women and African Americans in the military and workforce. Discover the role of war bonds, food rations, and victory gardens in supporting Americans. Learn about Executive Order 9066 and its aftermath with the Korematsu vs. U.S. Supreme Court case. Dive into the iconic Rosie the Riveter image and the contributions of women to the war effort, shaping women's rights in the workforce. Witness the mass movement of workers and the assimilation of ethnic groups in American society during this critical time.

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United We Stand: America's Homefront Heroes During WWII

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  1. 4. WAR ON THE HOMEFRONT • War propaganda posters • Internment of Japanese Americans • Executive Order #9066—Why? • War Production Board—WPB • Women served in military and workforce • African Americans • Segregation in military • Black Migration • To show support Americans • War bonds • Food rations • Victory gardens

  2. Executive 9066 EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

  3. Executive 9066

  4. 1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu vs. U.S., affirmed the constitutionality of this terrible act. • It took more than 40 years later before the U.S. admitted fault and began to make $20,000 reparations to camp survivors

  5. posters WAR POSTERS

  6. posters WAR POSTERS

  7. posters WAR POSTERS

  8. posters WAR POSTERS

  9. posters WAR POSTERS

  10. posters WAR POSTERS

  11. posters WAR POSTERS

  12. Infamy9 DAY OF INFAMY

  13. posters WAR POSTERS

  14. posters WAR POSTERS

  15. posters WAR POSTERS

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  17. posters WAR POSTERS

  18. posters WAR POSTERS

  19. Rosie WAR POSTERS • Rosie the Riveter • Women manned the factories while the men went off to fight. • This helped lay the foundation for women’s rights in the work world and helped us win the war…..

  20. league cartoon1 • 6 million to work in industry • Baceros, Mexican workers brought to work in US • 1.6 million Black families leave the South • Speeded up the assimilation of ethnic groups into American society.

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