  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 Internment

 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

 Internment Camps

 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

 Minorities in WWII  Tuskegee Airmen- African American fighter group in the Air Corp  Native Americans and Mexican Americans also enlisted

 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

 Victory Gardens  Home gardens that provided food for troops and civilians

 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

 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