The Home Front. I. Draft A. 1940-1946 B. Over 10 million men

The Home FrontThe Home Front

I. I. DraftDraft

A. A. 19401940--19461946

B. Over B. Over 10 million10 million men men

II. War II. War ProductionProduction Board (W Board (WPPB)B)

A. Converted peacetime A. Converted peacetime industriesindustries to meet to meet warwar needsneeds

B. Established B. Established rationingrationing

C. C. ScrapScrap metalmetal drives drives

III. III. EconomyEconomy

A. War A. War productionproduction helped pull helped pull the the economyeconomy out of the out of the GreatGreat DepressionDepression

B. 1944: U.S B. 1944: U.S out-producedout-produced all all other other countriescountries in the war in the war combinedcombined

C. Labor C. Labor shortageshortage

1. 1. WomenWomen

a. Worked in a. Worked in manufacturingmanufacturing plants plants

i. Represented by “i. Represented by “RosieRosie the the RiveterRiveter””

b. Allowed to b. Allowed to joinjoin the the militarymilitary for the first for the first timetime

i. i. Non-combatNon-combat volunteers volunteers

ii. ii. 216,000216,000

2. 2. MinoritiesMinorities given more given more jobjob opportunities opportunitiesa. a. BraceroBracero Program Program

i. i. TemporaryTemporary workers from workers from MexicoMexicoii. ii. 50,00050,000 per per yearyear during the war during the wariii. Continued iii. Continued afterafter the war until the war until 19641964

D. War D. War bondsbonds1. How the U.S. 1. How the U.S.

governmentgovernment paid paid for the for the warwar

2. 2. PurchasedPurchased by by citizenscitizens

3. Earned 3. Earned interestinterest over timeover time

IV. IV. Double VDouble V Campaign Campaign

A. A. VictoryVictory over over fascismfascism and and victoryvictory over over discriminationdiscrimination

B. B. AfricanAfrican Americans fought with great Americans fought with great braverybravery during the war in spite of during the war in spite of racismracism and and segregationsegregation

1. 1. 92nd92nd Infantry ( Infantry (BuffaloBuffalo Soldiers) Soldiers)

2. 2. TuskegeeTuskegee Airmen Airmen

V. V. JapaneseJapanese Americans Americans

A. A. ExecutiveExecutive Order Order 90669066

1. Issued by 1. Issued by PresidentPresident RooseveltRoosevelt in 1942 in 1942

2. Forced 2. Forced JapaneseJapanese Americans on the Americans on the WestWest CoastCoast to relocate to to relocate to internmentinternment camps camps during the during the warwar12/8/194

1

a. a. 22 of the of the 1010 camps were in camps were in ArizonaArizona

b. b. 62%62% were were U.S.U.S. citizens citizens

3. Korematsu v. 3. Korematsu v. UnitedUnited StatesStates (1944) (1944)a. a. SupremeSupreme Court ruled that Court ruled that internmentinternment was was

constitutionalconstitutional because the national because the national emergencyemergency outweighed Korematsu’s outweighed Korematsu’s individual individual rightsrights

Hugo Black, Associate Justice

6-3 Decision

B. B. JapaneseJapanese Americans fought in the Americans fought in the warwar

1. 1. SegregatedSegregated units units

2. 2. EuropeanEuropean Theater only Theater only

442442ndnd Regimental Combat Team Regimental Combat Team

21 Medals of Honor

VI. VI. PropagandaPropagandaA. Definition: A. Definition: organizedorganized spreading of spreading of ideasideas

to to influenceinfluence public public opinionopinionB. Used by B. Used by bothboth sidessides

C. Purpose: C. Purpose:

1. Boost 1. Boost patriotism patriotism

2. 2. DemonizeDemonize the enemy the enemy

Propaganda Poster

Perspective of the United States Colorful Creative Clear message Not graded on artistic ability but on

neatness Do not copy an actual World War II

design