The Homefront World War II Created by Mr. Johnson

Objective – Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.

Key Terms War bonds Baby boomers Fair Deal G.I. Bill Korematsu v. United States, 1944 Levittown Northern Migration Middle class Rosie the Riveter Selective Service Act AFL-CIO Taft-Hartley Act WACS War Production Board Japanese American Internment Rationing

The Homefront “Home” – United States “Front” – Line of battle How is the war being waged in the U.S.? Total War – all sectors of society are mobilized for war

Restrictions

Selective Service Act, 1940 T h e D r a f t ! ! !

War Production Board Shift away from laissez faire Gov’t Regulation –Production of goods –Consumption of resources… Gasoline Heating oil Metals Rubber Plastics

Office of Price Administration Price controls Rent controls

Rationing

Rationing

Victory Gardens

War Bonds

Income Tax

Media Censorship

Propaganda & Stereotypes

Taft-Hartley Act Anti-union law Fear of communism… Cold War coming

A.F.L.-C.I.O. A.F. of L. (1886) Breakaway – C.I.O. (1938) Reunited into AFL-CIO (1955) Refrained from strikes during the war

Internment Camps

Korematsu v. U.S. Executive Order 9066 Wartime powers of government Civil rights

Black Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers Tuskegee Airmen

Opportunities

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, st Amendment Citizens cannot be forced to pledge allegiance to the flag

War Industry

National War Labor Board Government arbitration… …no interruptions in production

Rosie the Riveter

W.A.C.S. Womens’ Army Corps

Navajo Code Talkers

Nisei Regiments

Great Migration

“Double V” Campaign

A. Philip Randolph March on Washington Movement

Executive Order 8802 “Fair Employment” No racial discrimination in defense industry

Mexican-American Soldiers Served in integrated units

Bracero Program Temporary Mexican agricultural laborers

G.I. Bill Passed in 1944 Federal aid to veterans Education Housing Unemployment “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act”

Fair Deal Harry Truman Extension of New Deal –National health insurance Republican Resistance

Levittown, PA William J. Levitt Suburbia

Levittown, PA Prefabricated Homes

“Little Boxes” Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same.

“Little Boxes” And the people in the houses All went to the university Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same And there's doctors and lawyers And business executives And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. -Malvina Reynolds

Middle Class

Baby Boom Births in the United States

Boomer Generation