1. WWII: On the Home Front
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2. War at Home Economic Recovery Increased federal spending Incomes grew
Personal savings grew
Farmers prosper

3. War Created a Labor Shortage
15 million men & women in armed forces
Brought new workers into work force
Percentage of women working: 35%

4. Fear of Inflation Leads to Govt Action
Anti-Inflation Act (1942): govt could freeze prices, wages, rents
Office of Price Administration: rationed scarce consumer goods

5. Financing the War 1941-1945: $321 billion
Half $ raised by selling bonds
Rest by income taxes

6. War Production
War Production Board (1942): not very effective – became Office of War Mobilization
Mass production gave US advantage

7. African Americans & the War
FDR created Fair Employment Practices Commission: to investigate discrimination in war industries
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality): sit-ins
Better treatment in military

8. Native Americans & the War
25,000 served in military
Code-talkers
Many young left reservation – jobs, military service

9. Mexican-Americans & the War
Bracero program (1942): Mexicans could work in US for a limited time
Zoot Suit Riots (June 1943)

10. Japanese Americans & the War
127,000 – most in CA
Feb 1942: FDR authorized internment (War Relocation Authority)

13. Camps were harsh; some were allowed
to work, go to college
1944: Korematsu v. US: relocation is
constitutional
1988: Reparations to survivors

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16. Chinese Americans & the War
Status improved during war
1943: Congress repealed Chinese Exclusion Act

17. Social Changes Women in work force increased Juvenile crime increased
Rosie the Riveter
WACs & WAVEs
Juvenile crime increased
Marriage, birth rates increased