1. THE HOME FRONT

2. Mobilizing Industry AIRCRAFTAIRCRAFT

4. Sacrifice and Struggle Victory Gardens Ration Books Scrap Drives War Bonds

5. Sacrifice and Struggle

6. Winning Support Protect the 4 freedoms Freedom… 1.of Speech 2.of worship 3.from want 4.from fear Propaganda Hollywood Movies

7. Bracero Program Temporary work for Mexican citizens in the United States

8. Women

9. U.S. Workforce 1940-1945 – 27% to 37% Defense Industries – 50% By the end of 1945, 1 in 4 women worked outside the home

11. Women in Armed Service 350,000 Women’s Army Corps (WACs) – 1942 +200 – 1945 100,000 and 6,000 female officers Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) – Status of naval reservists Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) – Already had pilot license before service – 1,000 served, 38 died – 1977

12. WOMEN

15. AFRICAN AMERICANS

16. In the Armed Services 2.5 million registered 1 million served Segregation – Until 1948 Tuskegee Airmen “The world’s greatest democracy fought the world’s greatest racist with a segregated army” -Stephen Ambrose, historian

20. At the Home Front Double V – Victory against the enemy overseas and victory against racism at home An important start to the later Civil Rights Movement of the 50s, 60s and 70s

21. NATIVE AMERICANS

22. Armed Service 44,000 served (12.6%) Selective Service 1942-99% Code Talkers – Navajo Marines