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The United States in WWII

The United States in WWII. Unit 4 Part 2 Section 1. US Expands Armed Forces. After Pearl Harbor, 5 million volunteered. Selective Service System – expansion of draft – added 10 million more WAAC (Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps) – May 15, 1942 – 250,000 Minorities 500,000 Mexican Americans

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The United States in WWII

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  1. The United States in WWII Unit 4 Part 2 Section 1

  2. US Expands Armed Forces • After Pearl Harbor, 5 million volunteered. • Selective Service System – expansion of draft – added 10 million more • WAAC (Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps) – May 15, 1942 – 250,000 • Minorities • 500,000 Mexican Americans • More than 1 million African Americans • 33,000 Japanese Americans • 25,000 Native Americans

  3. Selective Service

  4. Life on the Home Front • Factories converted to war production – tanks, planes, boats, bomb parts, shells • By 1944, 18 million laborers worked in war related industries, including 6 million women. • Roosevelt created OSRD (Office of Scientific Research and Development)

  5. Life on the Home Front

  6. US Government Takes Control • Internment of Japanese Americans (Executive Order 9066) • Nisei – American citizens of Japanese decent made up 2/3 of those interned.

  7. A Legacy of bravery 442nd-442nd • 18,000 individual awards. • The unit produced twenty-one Medal of Honor recipients • They also claim more than five thousand Purple Hearts • 33 Distinguished Service Crosses • 560 Silver Stars • 22 Legion of Merit Awards • 4,000 Bronze Stars • 100th and 442nd received the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation eight times

  8. US Government Takes Control Office of Price Administration Fought inflation Rationed food War Production Board Rationed fuel and materials Department of the Treasury Issued war bonds

  9. Wartime Industry

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