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Mobilizing for War

Mobilizing for War . Again…. Building an Army…. Selective Training and Service Act (1940)- First peacetime draft in U.S. history! At first, men 21-35 had to register. Later men 18-45 were included (up to 65) 16 million Americans served in the military (10 million were draftees)

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Mobilizing for War

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  1. Mobilizing for War Again…

  2. Building an Army… Selective Training and Service Act (1940)- First peacetime draft in U.S. history! At first, men 21-35 had to register. Later men 18-45 were included (up to 65) 16 million Americans served in the military (10 million were draftees) At one point, 200,000 men were being drafted per month! 1 million African Americans served 300,000 Mexican Americans served

  3. Wartime Economy- Production boomed factories made guns, jeeps, tanks, ammunition War Production Board (WPB)- Supervised the conversion of factories to wartime production Banned production of cars (1942-1946) Later becomes the Office of War Mobilization (OWM) Organized scrap drives Rationing (controlling) amounts of goods available for use Used ration coupons for coffee, gas, meat, shoes Large families got more coupons

  4. Wartime Economy Office of War Information (OWI)- kept public aware of government policies Warned of German and Japanese spies! Government increased taxes- Everyone paid for the first time! (paid 40% of our expenses) Sold war bonds (borrowed the rest)

  5. Women- Girl Power!! Went to work!!- 19 million women went to work in factories, agriculture, transportation, office work, government jobs 300,000 women in the Armed forces Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) Helped run communications, flew planes, nurses

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  7. Opportunities and Obstacles at Home African Americans still faced discrimination A. Philip Randolph- African American labor leader, organized a march on D.C. to protest unfair treatment of African American workers Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC)- created to prevent discrimination in war industries and government jobs

  8. Opportunities and Obstacles at Home Mexican Americans also faced discrimination Braceros- Mexican workers allowed to enter the U.S. to help fill job vacancies 200,000 came to work Zoot-Suit Riots- June 1943 Sailors and Marines in LA attacked Mexican American men wearing Zoot Suits Mobs roamed the city attacking men randomly

  9. How did the war affect African Americans and Mexican Americans? Benefitted from economic opportunities and higher wages Continued to face discrimination and unequal treatment

  10. Japanese Americans (4b) People were very ANGRY after Pearl Harbor!! Fearing spies and sabotage the U.S. government began the process of internment in 1942 Government forcibly relocated and imprisoned Japanese Americans Moved to camps and kept under guard

  11. Propaganda Posters

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