1. America's Home Front
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Propaganda Posters
This poster uses demonizatoin to get American support.
The US used many propaganda posters to drum up support for the war effort.
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3. New Opportunities For Women
Women were also encouraged to join the military.
Rosie the Riveter was created to encourage women to take factory jobs while the men were away fighting.
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4. New Opportunities For African Americans
African American nurses
The greater need for factory workers during WWII provided many jobs for African Americans on the home front.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American aviators in the American military.

5. Conservation
Propaganda used emotional appeals to encourage Americans to make sacrifices and conserve as much as they could to help the war effort.

6. Victory Gardens
Americans were also encouraged to grow their own food during WWII.

7. War Bonds
Americans were encouraged to buy war bonds to help finance the war. for FDR video.

8. Japanese Internment
In 1942, FDR signed an executive order stating that Japanese-Americans must live in internment camps for the duration of WWII. This was because they were seen as a threat to American safety. More than 100,000 Japanese-Americans, many of whom were American citizens, were forced to live in these camps.