1. “Rosie the Riveter” Video
Statistics …
Importance?
Symbolism?

2. Why did the United States “unite” so well behind a common goal in WWII?

3. War Productions Board …
Established priorities in the distribution of raw materials
Converts economy, peacetime to war time

4. Stations [1] Answer questions at each station
[2] Generate questions thinking, “What do I want to learn more about?”

5. Economic Prosperity, Rationing, and the War Production Board

6. Rationing Booklets

7. 1930’s Women’s Swimwear
1940’s Women’s Swimwear

8. War Productions Board … Rationing program …
Red stamps …
Blue stamps …
Stabilization Act of 1942 …
Govt. stabilization
prices, wages, and
salaries at 1942 levels
Insurance and
pensions exempted

9. “Rosie the Riveter” Video
Statistics …
Importance?
Symbolism?

10. Changes on the Home Front
Exit Slip:
What is the “most important change” on the American home front during WWII and “why?”

11. Women and the Workforce
Contributions to war effort …
Struggles women faced …
Propaganda switches …

13. Women in WWII - Women’s Army Corp:
- Noncombat roles: clerical, supply services, nurses, mechanics, and other positions
Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs):

14. African American Contributions in WWII

15. African Americans in American During WWII
Contributions to war effort …
Pushing for “Double V” …
Segregated
military …
“Tuskegee Airmen”

16. Changes on the Home Front
Pg. 588 – Enlistment in the military and minorities …
Pg. 589 – Women join the fight …
Pg. 606 – Executive Order 8802 …
Pg. 607 – Migration during WWII …
Workers on the move …
Farmers adjust to migration …
Pg. 608 – Bracero program …
Conflict from migration and “Detroit incident” (1943) …
Los Angeles “Zoot suit” incident (1943) …

17. Why did the United States “unite” so well behind a common goal in WWII?

18. Changes on the Home Front
Exit Slip:
What is the “most important change” on the American home front during WWII and “why?”

19. “What does this economic data tell us?
Unemployment Rates
Gross Domestic Product
$$ amount everything a nation
produces in a year
1928 – 4.2%
1930 – 8.7%
1932 – 23.6%
1934 – 21.7%
1936 – 17%
1938 – 19%
1940 – 14.6%
1942 – 4.7%
1944 – 1.2%
1946 – 3.9%
1928 – $97.4
1929 – $103.6
1930 – $91.2
1932 – $58.7
1934 – $66
1936 – $83.8
1938 – $86.1
1940 – $101.4
1942 – $161.9
1944 – $219.8
1946 – $222.3
“What does this economic data tell us?

20. Why was this economic growth possible?
(1) Massive government spending
Federal government budget
$9 billion
$100 billion
$323 billion during war years ( )
(2) 19 million new jobs – full employment
U.S. Army grew from 227,000 in 1939 to 16 million soldiers by 1945
These soldiers taken out of the workforce
(3) Limited direct taxation to pay for war
(4) Renewed confidence by Americans