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America’s Home Front WWII

America’s Home Front WWII . “But there is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States - every man, woman, and child - is in action That front is right here at home ,in our daily lives. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942 Definitions :

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America’s Home Front WWII

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  1. America’s Home FrontWWII “But there is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States - every man, woman, and child - is in action That front is right here at home ,in our daily lives. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942 Definitions: Home Front: The civilian population or the civilian activities of a country at war. Bond: a certificate promising payment by a certain date with interest. Ration: to control the amount one can use.

  2. Peacetime Draft • 1940, 1st peace time draft passed • Ages 21-35 • Most soldiers not needed until invasion of Europe in 1944 • 16 million total drafted

  3. Lend Lease Act

  4. End of The Depression • Unemployment rate dropped (1940: 8 million, 1943: virtually unheard of) • War-time production created millions of jobs • Companies hired more people & set longer working hours. • Jobs opened due to the draft as well

  5. Women In The Workforce Women replaced men who left for war • “Rosie the Riveter” became symbol • Significant change in role of women in society • Types of jobs:nurses, factories, government, etc

  6. Minorities • Discrimination in workplace • Movement led by A. Phillip Randolph • FDR issued Presidential Order 8806, “Fair Employment Practices Committee” for hiring procedures

  7. Rationing • 1942, rationing system begins • Citizens allowed only portions of certain items • Civilians issued ration coupons to purchase certain items • Ex: -typewriters, gasoline, coffee, nylons, shoes, meat, canned foods, etc…

  8. Japanese Internment Camps • Executive Order 9066: the internment or imprisonment of Japanese Americans into camps. In February 1942 politicians and army officials urged Roosevelt to sign the order due to post Pearl Harbor hysteria .

  9. Japanese Internment Camps • Relocation: • -War Relocation Authority • -remove Japanese citizens from California, Oregon, and Washington • -relocate anyone with as little as 1/16th Japanese ancestry • -given 10 days to sell property and take whatever they could carry • 10 total relocation camps in the West • 120,000+ individuals relocated

  10. Patriotic Duty • Propaganda used: • -Advertisements (billboards, posters, etc…), magazine stories, films, and radio programs.

  11. War Bonds and Recycling • Donating money to the war effort • Repaid later with interest • Advertised by celebrities and soldiers Conserving and Recycling: • Victory Gardens: save on foods needed on the fronts

  12. Review • What were men aged 21-35 eligible for? • What was it called when the U.S. gave the British weapons for the war? • Who became a symbol for women in the workforce? • Why did the Government implement rationing? • Why did Japanese people in American get placed in internment camps? • What was the main way America spread Patriotic Duty? • How did the U.S. entrance into WW2 lead to the end of the Great Depression?

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