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Chapter 26. Section 2 The Home Front. What social changes did the war bring about?. War Production Board (WPB) – coordinate the production of military equipment and supplies. 300,000 aircraft, 75,000 ships, 60 percent of Allied ammunition. Ended the Great Depression.
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Chapter 26 Section 2 The Home Front
What social changes did the war bring about? • War Production Board (WPB) – coordinate the production of military equipment and supplies. • 300,000 aircraft, 75,000 ships, 60 percent of Allied ammunition. • Ended the Great Depression. • GNP rose to new heights.
Homefront • Rationing, goods that were in short supply. • Income taxes raised. • War bonds – gov. promised to repay with interest. • Auto makers made tanks, jeeps and airplanes.
Opportunities and Tensions for Minorities • More than 1 million African Americans worked in the defense industry. • Inflamed racial tensions. • A. Philip Randolph helped to achieve equal rights. • 40,000 Native Americans worked in war industries – tens of thousands of Hispanics –braceros. 120,000
Opportunities for Women • 19 million women worked. • Rosie the Riveter. • Women’s Army Corps – mechanics, drivers, nurses, and clerks.
Japanese-American Internment • About 2/3 interned were Nisei, Japanese Americans born in the United States.