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Good Morning!!!. NVC HOT ROC: Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Economic Changes at Home Essential Question(s) : Did the US have prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor? What economic changes occurred on the home front? Homework : Enjoy your weekend. Pearl Harbor Conspiracy?!.
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Good Morning!!! • NVC • HOT ROC: Pearl Harbor Conspiracy • Economic Changes at Home Essential Question(s): Did the US have prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor? What economic changes occurred on the home front? Homework: Enjoy your weekend
Pearl Harbor Conspiracy?! • Did the United States have prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor? • Did we LET it happen?! • What evidence did you find most convincing?
Transition: Rosie the Riveter • Rosie the Riveter Clip • What is the message? • Is it effective? • Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CQ0M0wx00s
Women and the Changing Economy • New Opportunities for women in the work place • “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda • Struggles for equal pay, combating gender roles continue
Other Economic Changes at Home • War Bonds: Citizens “buy” bonds, giving money to the government • War Production Board: manage the mobilization of civilian industries to make military equipment • Tax Increases: needed to pay for increased government war spending • Rationing: limited distribution of food, gasoline, etc • PriceControls: scarcity of goods = high demand, government decides price to prevent big increases • Great Depression Ends: demand for military supplies revives the economy, incomes and jobs increase
35.1, 35.2, 35.3 : Economic Changes at Home • Read pg.449-453 for more depth