1. WWII: America At War & The Holocaust

2. The U.S. Military
1940: Congress passes Selective Service & Training Act
1st peacetime draft in American history
Army flooded with new recruits, needs land & supplies
U.S. army was segregated
African-Americans see war as opportunity to fight racism
“Double V”: Victory over racism in Germany and at home
Tuskegee Airmen: 99th Pursuit Squadron
Navajo “code talkers”
500,000 Hispanics (17 win Medal of Honor)
Women serve various roles (Women’s Army Corps)

4. Camp Miami Beach

5. America’s Wartime Economy
FDR’s National Defense Advisory Committee
Cost-Plus: Gov’t will pay businesses the cost plus a percentage in profit for war materials
Building fighter planes and “two ocean” navy stimulate economic growth
200,000 factories converted to wartime production
Car factories make tanks, ships, planes
“Liberty Ships”

7. American Life During War
WWII ends the Great Depression
Families move to where the jobs are—Sunbelt
Most men go off to war, especially white men
Women, African-Americans, Mexican immigrants fill jobs once reserved for white, male American citizens
Executive Order 8802
“Victory Suits” and the “Zoot Suit” Race Riots
Japanese subs bomb California coast/oil refineries
West Coast Japanese moved to inland internment camps
German and Italian immigrants were restricted from travel, loss of property, internment camps

9. Daily Life In Wartime America
Wages and prices rise b/c of demand
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS) and Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)
Economy regulated better than in WWI
Rationing of supplies and resources
Victory Gardens
Office of War Information (OWI)
Most Americans believe in reasons for war, sacrifice

11. Germany & the Jewish Persecution
Germany kills 6 million Jews, 5 million others
Gypsies, handicapped, homosexuals, Slavic peoples
Nazis pass laws restricting the rights of Jews
Kristallnacht
Many Jews try to leave for other countries—rejected
The St. Louis Affair
Rejected by the U.S. & Cuba, ship returns to Europe
The Final Solution
Concentration camps/extermination camps