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1 Your Task As a Group View this power point and/or do outside research Decide how you want to tell the story of life in America during WWII. Be sure to cover at least two actions/ responsibilities of the government and US citizens Share your completed product with Mr. K via email or Google docs Products must be digital in nature and will be posted on Mr. K’s website Projects can be (but are not limited to) a glogster.com, podcast, song, poem, children’s story, wallwisher.com, mashon.com, superherosquad.marvel.com glogster.comwallwisher.commashon.com, superherosquad.marvel.com

2 Mobilizing For War US on the Home Front

3 Men needed to Fight Selective Service Act - First peacetime draft in US history (1940) Men between 18 - 45 had to register 15 million Americans served in the military 1 million Blacks 300,000 Mexican-Americans

4 War is Good for the Economy Depression ends when war industries start up US needs jeeps, tanks, planes, guns, and other supplies Incomes rise, unemployment fell

5 War Production Board (WPB) Supervised conversion of factories to wartime production No cars were built in the early 40’s

6 Scrap Drives US needed rubber, metal and other goods Govt. organized nationwide scrap drives

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8 Rationing In order to control amounts of needed goods, the government limited what each family could buy Rationed items included meat, gas, coffee, shoes

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11 Warning of Spies Government warned citizens not to talk about the war in public for fear of spies Possibly done to stop people from protesting war

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13 War Bonds Sold to raise money for the war Supposed to spend 10% of salary on war bonds

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16 Women in the Military Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) - women flew training and supply planes Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) - Worked in communications Nursing Corps served in combat areas

17 Women and Minorities in the Workforce Jobs are open as the men leave to fight Blacks again move to cities to take factory jobs Women leave the home to go to work Govt. propaganda includes Rosie the Riveter

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22 Click here to link to popular music of the World War II Era http://www.6thcorpsmusic.us/

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