1. 8X
Objectives: Describe political and social developments during WWII.
Agenda:
Do now: page 814 #1A and 1B
Discuss do now and homework
Fill in graphic organizer with information from the reading and video clips
Homework: copy main ideas and big idea from chapter Copy and define key terms and people.

2. 814
1A. How did people on the home front support the war effort? TS: victory gardens, donating foods, commercial farms went to war, not a lot of supplies: sugar, etc, young men as soldiers, women as pilots and nurses DH: sacrifices: ration cards – limit amount of things you can buy, collected scrap metal, bought war bonds from the government – money would go to military. Repay with interest, everyone was supportive, wasted nothing – “use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without” NP: factories – produced war vehicles and supplies, conservation, donated the scrap to military EC: soldiers, risked lives, supplied other nations with weapons and supplies, women worked in factories, 1B. What government agency oversaw factory production during the war? BK: The War Production Board (WPB) – factories produce war things. Banned making of cars. To increase military supply. EC: to support the Lend-Lease act and provide for other nations as well as arm ourselves.

3. The Home Front War Economy Women African Americans Mexican Americans
Japanese American
War helped the economy – started production
Industry focus: war machine
More jobs
Government had almost total control of the economy
MA Can help as nurses in the military.
TB Picked up men’s jobs in factories while men were drafted to war.
TS: Did things normally considered as unladylike – men’s jobs, gardening and piloting planes
EC: had a lot more opportunities (p 811)
NEW IMAGE FOR WOMEN – the muscle and the jumpsuit
DH about 1 mill AF AM joined military
Tuskegee Airmen – famous group of fighter plane pilots in Europe – lots of succesful missions and highly decorated. But faced discrimination.
DR: Tuskegee airmen national heroes in the airforce, became very respected.
EC: didn’t get all the privileges of whites. At first denied to fight in combat. Assigned only to support positions.
AF AM moved to cities and received lower pay. Restricted only to certain jobs. A Philip Randolph began to organize a march on DC for better treatment but cancelled it when FDR conceded and passed an anti-discrimination in the work place.
Increased immigration through the bracero program – we needed farmers – white farmers were being drafted. We had to import workers from Mexico.- moved them to the West and Midwest. Good deal for Mexicans. Had a positive fantasy of what America would be like. Fed well and clean. When they got here they faced a lot of discrimination.
300,000 Mexican Americans served in the military.
American Indians – served in the military as well. Code Talkers – central to war intelligence. 40,000 served.

4. Predict What is ideology?
WWII – is a war of ideology – fascism and totalitarianism against democracy.
Predict:
How did WWII change America?
Government is getting bigger. People will protest this.
Brought us out of the GD
Hitler made people see the power of just one person. More careful of dangerous people.
More government dependency and in people’s lives
Isolation to world police
Became a significant world power. Most powerful in the world.