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MOBILIZING FOR WAR
SECTION 2
BUILDING AN ARMY
SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT 1ST PEACETIME DRAFT IN US HISTORY MEN BETWEEN 21-35 AT FIRST, LATER ON
18-45 MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL MEN IN THE
AGE RANGE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT
BUILDING AN ARMY
> 15 MILLION MEN SERVED 1 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS
FACED DISCRIMINATION SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS AS THE WAR WENT ON, MORE
OPPORTUNITIES AROSE ABOUT 300,000 MEXICAN AMERICANS
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
US STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DEPRESSION WHEN THE WAR STARTED
HOWEVER, WHEN THE WAR STARTED, PRODUCTION INCREASED, SALARIES INCREASED, UNEMPLOYMENT NEARLY VANISHED
MANY MOVED TO THE NORTH AND THE MIDWEST FOR THE HIGH PAYING FACTORY JOBS IN THESE AREAS
ON THE WEST COAST, MANY MOVED TO THE SHIPYARDS FOR WORK
AGRICULTURE WAS DOING WELL TO HELP FEED AMERICA AND EUROPE AGAIN
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD CREATED AGAIN TO OVERSEE THE
PRODUCTION FOR WAR MATERIALS BANNED THE PRODUCTION OF CARS IN
1942 LATER ON THE OFFICE OF WAR
MOBILIZATION REPLACED THE WPB
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED SCRAP DRIVES COLLECTED SCRAP METAL, RUBBER
RATIONING WAS STARTED CONTROLLED THE ITEMS AMERICANS
COULD BUY EXAMPLES INCLUDED MEAT, DAIRY,
BUTTER... COFFEE, GAS, SHOES
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION TRIED TO KEEP THE US POPULATION
INFORMED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE WAR
SENSITIVE MATERIAL OF COURSE WAS SENSORED
TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT “A SLIP OF THE LIP MAY SINK A SHIP”
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
TAXES WERE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE WAR TO HELP PAY FOR IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME, MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS PEOPLE HAD TO PAY INCOME TAXES
THE GOVERNMENT SOLD WAR BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE REST
THE WARTIME ECONOMY
WOMEN AND THE WAR EFFORT
AS THE MEN LEFT, WOMEN REPLACED THEM IN THE WORKFORCE
RECEIVED LESS PAY THAN MEN ABOUT 300,000 WOMEN SERVED IN THE
ARMED FORCES WOMEN’S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS (WAAC)
HELPED WITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WOMEN AIR FORCE PILOTS (WASP)
FLEW PLANES IN THE US TO THE BASES FROM ALL OVER THE US
WOMEN AND THE WAR EFFORT
ARMY AND NAVY NURSES SERVED IN COMBAT AREAS
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
BROUGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES
MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVED NORTH TO THE OPEN JOBS IN THE NORTH THEY WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND
PAID LESS THAN WHITE WORKERS
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH BLACK LABOR LEADER VOWED TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC IF THE
PRESIDENT DID NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF BLACKS
FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE FDR CREATED THIS ACT IN RESPONSE TO
RANDOLPH IT PREVENTED DISCRIMINATION IN WAR INDUSTRIES
AND GOVERNMENT JOBS DUE TO RACE
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO MOVED TO WHERE THE JOBS WERE
MEXICAN WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE U.S. FOR WORK (CALLED BRACEROS)
MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO FACED DISCRIMINATION IN 1943 THERE WAS A RIOT IN LOS ANGELES
WHERE MEXICAN AMERICANS WERE ATTACKED WAS CALLED THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS (BECAUSE OF
THE CLOTHING THEY WORE
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT
MORE THAN 125,000 JAPANESE LIVED IN AMERICAN AT THE TIME OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK
2 TYPES OF JAPANESE 1. ISSEI
BORN IN JAPAN 2. NISEI
BORN IN AMERICA AND FULL U.S. CITIZENS
JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT
GOV’T FEARED THE POSSIBILITY OF SPYING OR SABOTAGE BY THE JAPANESE
MOVED THEM TO INTERNMENT CAMPS STARTING IN 1942
MANY JAPANESE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MILITARY MOST SERVED IN EUROPE MANY WERE USED AS INTERPRETERS
JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT