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America Joins the War: Home Front

America Joins the War: Home Front. Internment. In addition to Japanese Americans about 2,000 German and Italian residents were also interned About 2,000 Germans were sent back to Germany or sent to Latin American prisons. Executive Order 9066.

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America Joins the War: Home Front

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  1. America Joins the War: Home Front

  2. Internment • In addition to Japanese Americans about 2,000 German and Italian residents were also interned • About 2,000 Germans were sent back to Germany or sent to Latin American prisons

  3. Executive Order 9066 • 1942 FDR issued Executive Order 9066 to force the relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast • Japanese lived in compounds that were crowded and primitive • The move was racially motivated

  4. Internment Camps

  5. War Bonds • To pay for the war the Government issued War bonds and encouraged people to buy them • WWII cost 10 times more than WWI • U.S. will become a debtor nation rather than creditor

  6. Minorities in WWII • Tuskegee Airmen- African American fighter group in the Air Corp • Native Americans and Mexican Americans also enlisted

  7. Rationing • Rationing the amount of goods a person could obtain • Used to share in the sacrifices of war • The government rationed goods like coffee, tires, gas, and clothing • Ration coupons were issued to each family

  8. Victory Gardens • Home gardens that provided food for troops and civilians

  9. The Office of War Information • Wrote Pro Allied info • Anti-Axis propaganda • The OWI produced its own radio and movie programs and became the voice of America

  10. Women in the Work Force • Women took on jobs traditionally held by men so that the men could enlist in the war effort. Jobs like shipbuilding and aircraft production

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