1. SECTION 2

2.  SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT  1 ST PEACETIME DRAFT IN US HISTORY  MEN BETWEEN 21-35 AT FIRST, LATER ON 18-45  MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL MEN IN THE AGE RANGE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT

3.  > 15 MILLION MEN SERVED  1 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS  FACED DISCRIMINATION  SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS  AS THE WAR WENT ON, MORE OPPORTUNITIES AROSE  ABOUT 300,000 MEXICAN AMERICANS

4.  US STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DEPRESSION WHEN THE WAR STARTED  HOWEVER, WHEN THE WAR STARTED, PRODUCTION INCREASED, SALARIES INCREASED, UNEMPLOYMENT NEARLY VANISHED  MANY MOVED TO THE NORTH AND THE MIDWEST FOR THE HIGH PAYING FACTORY JOBS IN THESE AREAS  ON THE WEST COAST, MANY MOVED TO THE SHIPYARDS FOR WORK  AGRICULTURE WAS DOING WELL TO HELP FEED AMERICA AND EUROPE AGAIN

5.  WAR PRODUCTION BOARD  CREATED AGAIN TO OVERSEE THE PRODUCTION FOR WAR MATERIALS  BANNED THE PRODUCTION OF CARS IN 1942  LATER ON THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION REPLACED THE WPB

6.  GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED SCRAP DRIVES  COLLECTED SCRAP METAL, RUBBER  RATIONING WAS STARTED  CONTROLLED THE ITEMS AMERICANS COULD BUY  EXAMPLES INCLUDED MEAT, DAIRY, BUTTER...  COFFEE, GAS, SHOES

8.  THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION  TRIED TO KEEP THE US POPULATION INFORMED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE WAR  SENSITIVE MATERIAL OF COURSE WAS SENSORED  TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT “A SLIP OF THE LIP MAY SINK A SHIP”

9.  TAXES WERE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE WAR TO HELP PAY FOR IT  FOR THE FIRST TIME, MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS PEOPLE HAD TO PAY INCOME TAXES  THE GOVERNMENT SOLD WAR BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE REST

11.  AS THE MEN LEFT, WOMEN REPLACED THEM IN THE WORKFORCE  RECEIVED LESS PAY THAN MEN  ABOUT 300,000 WOMEN SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES  WOMEN’S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS (WAAC)  HELPED WITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS  WOMEN AIR FORCE PILOTS (WASP)  FLEW PLANES IN THE US TO THE BASES FROM ALL OVER THE US

12.  ARMY AND NAVY NURSES SERVED IN COMBAT AREAS

13.  BROUGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES  MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVED NORTH TO THE OPEN JOBS IN THE NORTH  THEY WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND PAID LESS THAN WHITE WORKERS

14.  A. PHILIP RANDOLPH  BLACK LABOR LEADER  VOWED TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC IF THE PRESIDENT DID NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF BLACKS  FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE  FDR CREATED THIS ACT IN RESPONSE TO RANDOLPH  IT PREVENTED DISCRIMINATION IN WAR INDUSTRIES AND GOVERNMENT JOBS DUE TO RACE

15.  MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO MOVED TO WHERE THE JOBS WERE  MEXICAN WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE U.S. FOR WORK (CALLED BRACEROS)  MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO FACED DISCRIMINATION  IN 1943 THERE WAS A RIOT IN LOS ANGELES WHERE MEXICAN AMERICANS WERE ATTACKED  WAS CALLED THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS (BECAUSE OF THE CLOTHING THEY WORE

17.  MORE THAN 125,000 JAPANESE LIVED IN AMERICAN AT THE TIME OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK  2 TYPES OF JAPANESE  1. ISSEI  BORN IN JAPAN  2. NISEI  BORN IN AMERICA AND FULL U.S. CITIZENS

18.  GOV’T FEARED THE POSSIBILITY OF SPYING OR SABOTAGE BY THE JAPANESE  MOVED THEM TO INTERNMENT CAMPS STARTING IN 1942  MANY JAPANESE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MILITARY  MOST SERVED IN EUROPE  MANY WERE USED AS INTERPRETERS