1. The American Home front: Mobilization, Propaganda, and Racism

2. The Draft Selective Service Act - 1940 - first peacetime draft - all men ages 21-35 then 18- 45 had to register - local draft boards determined eligibility

3. The government controlled the economy as it did during World War I. - the War Production Board helped factories to produce war goods, set prices and ration goods Mobilizing for Victory

4. Analyze the Following Propaganda Posters and identify what the Government expected of American Citizens

12. During World War II, 10 million men were drafted, and another 6 million men and women enlisted.

18. Ration cards and coupons

19. “Rosie the Riveter” symbolized the millions of women that worked in factories. Over 6 million women entered the workforce, replacing men that joined the military. We Can Do It! - Rosie the Riveter Artist: J. Howard Miller

20. Relocation of Japanese Americans · After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans, fearing they may act as spies or help Japan invade the U.S.

21. The Wartime Relocation Agency (WRA) forced approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans to… http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/

22. …sell their homes and businesses,

23. and relocate to inland camps, living in crowded barracks behind barbed wire. Internment camp in Manzanar, California They were released in 1944, after victory against the Japanese seemed imminent.

24. Japanese “Relocation Centers”

25. Japanese Internment What does this word mean?____________ http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/

26. Fred Korematsu was a Japanese- American. When Roosevelt issued Executive Order #9066, Korematsu refused to go to the camps. He was arrested and sued because he believed his natural rights were being violated. SUPREME COURT RULING: The Supreme Court ruled that in times of war, a person’s rights may be limited. Fred Korematsu was ordered to the “relocation camps” Korematsu vs. United States (1944)

27. Cartoons, Propaganda, and Racism

28. Goes to War

29. Causes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXKrecRIsM&feature=related Soviet Propaganda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcBt904OJ0 Walt Disney- Hitler’s children http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LO03pd6X-4&feature=related Bugs Bunny- War Bonds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8jKZ9HH3U&feature=related Donald Duck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPB0JCuZY4&feature=related Daffy Duck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulFHqPu__nY Looney Tunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIoLnKBdC4

30. What does this Poster urge Americans to do? Americans Dehumanize the Japanese

31. Americans Dehumanize the Japanese