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Life on the Home front

Women and Minorities Gain Ground “Rosie the Riveter” Symbol of the campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war

Women and Minorities Gain Ground B. African Americans A. Phillip Randolph- led civil rights march on Washington to desegregate plants Executive Order 8802 (1941)- Equal Employment Act prohibited racial discrimination

Women and Minorities Gain Ground Mexican Americans Braceros: workers that migrated to U.S. to help harvest during war Native Americans Navajo Code Talkers: helped in war effort

Nation on the Move Government Had to get jobs- South & West Sunbelt” So. California led the way Racism Zoot Suit Riots: between Mexican Americans and military servicemen

Nation on the Move Japanese American Relocation Executive Order 9066 442nd Regimental Combat Team: composed of Japanese-American enlisted men 1988- President Reagan apologizes for Japanese Interment Camps

Daily Life Women- role change “Live for the Moment Attitude” Baby Boom- huge number of births following WWII “Door-Key” or “Latch- Key” Children- kids who return to an empty home because parents are gone

Daily Life Wage & Price Controls Office of Price Administration (OPA): controlled prices & wages War Labor Board (WLB): prevented strikes during the war

Daily Life Blue tokens for processed foods D. Rationing Blue tokens for processed foods Red tokens for meats, fats, fish & cheese

Daily Life Victory Gardens & Scrap Drives Paying of the War During WWII, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of bonds in order to loan the gov’t money