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WWII and the Home Front

WWII and the Home Front. How War News was Communicated. Radio “ Orchestrated Hell ” by Edward R. Murrow “ Fireside Chat ” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt Families sat around the radio listening together. How Women Were Asked to Help. How Women Helped. Rosie the Riveter

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WWII and the Home Front

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  1. WWII and the Home Front

  2. How War News was Communicated • Radio • “Orchestrated Hell” by Edward R. Murrow • “Fireside Chat” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Families sat around the radio listening together

  3. How Women Were Asked to Help

  4. How Women Helped • Rosie the Riveter • Replaced men in plants who left for war • Aircraft manufacturing • Shipbuilding • Discrimination • 60% less pay than men • Lost jobs after the war • By choice • By force

  5. Real-Life Rosies

  6. How Women Were Asked to Help at Home

  7. To reduce demand and prices of goods Coupons needed for goods Meat Butter Sugar Gasoline Black market traded existed See pg 528-529 in textbook Rationing

  8. Victory Gardens Suggested by secretary of agriculture, 1941 People who wanted fresh vegetables should plant victory gardens Conscientious citizens followed suggestions Other Ways to Help at Home

  9. Victory Gardens

  10. 40% of all vegetables grown in the country during WWII were from V-Gardens Gave citizens something to do They felt like they were contributing to the war effort Victory Gardens –Were they worthwhile?

  11. Joining the Military

  12. Women’s Army Corp Pink collar jobs Telephone operators Secretaries Telegraph operators Crypting and decoding Sorting mail Joining the Military - Women

  13. What If… • You don’t believe in war? • Pacifists became conscientious objectors (COs) • Religious reasons • Quakers • Mennonites • Ethical reasons • Waging war • Killing another human being

  14. Conscientious Objectors • Around 50,000 total • Three types of COs: • Willing to serve in armed forces in non-combatant positions • Medic • Not willing to serve in armed forces, but would volunteer to do “work of national importance” at home • Not willing to do any of the above • Jail

  15. Work of National Importance • Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camps • Extinguishing forest fires • Building roads, dams, digging ditches • Worked with mental health patients • Tried to improve quality of care

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