1. Home Front and Post War America

2. Home Front
Selective Service Act (Aug 1940) – the U.S. Congress issued the first peacetime draft
G.I. – “Government Issue” became widely popular as a term to refer to an American soldier

3. Women
Women’s Army Corp (WAC) – for the first time, Congress allowed an army unit made up of women

4. Rosie
Rosie the Riveter – a cultural and feminist icon that represented American women working in factories

5. War Production
War Production Board – agency responsible for converting companies from peacetime to wartime manufacturing
rationing – government limitations on certain goods for the war effort

6. Holocaust
Holocaust (Final Solution) – name given to the mass slaughter of the Jews and other groups by the Nazis during WWII

7. Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials – international trials held to convict Nazi leaders of war crimes
Emphasized individual responsibility for actions during a war

8. Korematsu
Korematsu v. United States (1944) – court case that determined whether the interment of Japanese Americans was constitutional
Allowed during wartime

9. G.I. Bill
G.I. Bill (1944) – provided federal aid and a college education to veterans

10. Baby Boomers
baby boomers – a period of time from in which the birthrate in American increased dramatically

11. Levittown
Levittown, Penn - the largest planned community constructed in the United States
First suburb – no it was not.

12. Acts and Deals
Taft-Hartley Labor Act, (1947) - established control of labor unions by outlawing closed shops and limiting the power of labor unions held
Fair Deal (1949) – Harry Truman’s domestic policy
-minimum wage increase, raised Social Security benefits, etc