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The War that Changed the World

The War that Changed the World. Home Front. UNITED STATES HOME FRONT. AMERICAN ECONOMY BOOMS CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT WOMEN AND MINORITIES INTERNMENT CAMPS. FEDERAL SPENDING INCREASE IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 1940-1945. EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR EFFORT. RUMMAGE SALE .

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The War that Changed the World

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  1. The War that Changed the World Home Front

  2. UNITED STATES HOME FRONT • AMERICAN ECONOMY BOOMS • CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT • WOMEN AND MINORITIES • INTERNMENT CAMPS

  3. FEDERAL SPENDING INCREASE IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 1940-1945

  4. EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR EFFORT RUMMAGE SALE WAR BONDS DONATING TYPEWRITERS

  5. RATIONING SUGAR LINE GASOLINE LINE

  6. TO LEARN HOW TO USE RATIONING STAMPS, THESE SCHOOL CHILDREN SET UP A BOOTH WITH CHARTS AND PRODUCTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUY NEEDED GOODS DURING THE WAR

  7. The public school children of the South-Central District of Chicago purchased $263,148. 83 in war bonds and stamps...a huge check representing enough money for 125 jeeps, two pursuit planes and motorcycle.

  8. Women played an important role in the war effort on the homefront

  9. AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE RECRUITED FIRST BLACK MARINE RECRUIT, WILLIAM BALDWIN MARINES IN DRESS UNIFORM

  10. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

  11. THE 442ND INFANTRY UNIT WAS MADE UP OF JAPANESE AMERICANS THEY WERE THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED UNIT IN THE MILITARY

  12. The Navajo Code Talkers helped maintain security by transmitting orders in a Navajo code that the Japanese were unable to break

  13. THESE POSTERS WERE PUT UP IN LOS ANGELES, INSTRUCTING PEOPLE OF JAPANESE DESCENT, CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS ALIKE, TO REPORT TO THE CIVIL CONTROL STATION TO BE DEPORTED TO THE CAMPS .

  14. JAPANESE AMERICAN GIRL WAITS WITH HER FAMILY’S BELONGINGS TO BE EVACUATED TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP

  15. JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS THE DOTS REPRESENT THE LOCATION OF THE CAMPS

  16. CANAL CAMP, AZ MANZANAR, CA CRYSTAL CREEK, TX GILA, AZ

  17. Despite improved economic opportunities African Americans still suffered discrimination in housing and other areas. In Detroit tensions erupted into full scale rioting in the summer of 1943, where 34 people lost their lives.

  18. RACIAL TENSIONS IN LOS ANGELES LED TO THE “ZOOT SUIT” RIOTS, 1943

  19. HOW AMERICA CHANGED AFTER WWII THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS FINALLY OVER AND A NEW PERIOD OF PROSPERITY BEGAN FEAR AND RACISM AGAINST JAPANESE AMERICANS LED TO THEIR INTERNMENT WOMEN AND MINORITIES FOUND NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BARRIERS TO BLACK PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMY AND MILITARY DURING THE WAR LED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AFTER THE WAR, AMERICA ABANDONED ISOLATIONISM

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