-Summarize and explain how the war was financed (paid for) -Explain how women and minorities helped the war effort and why that was so important -Define and explain internment The Home Front Preparing for War mobilization = preparing for war – WWII brought Great Depression to an end Factories came back to life making products for war effort jobs! – American daily production doubled Axis Powers combined Unemployment reached 25% during the Depression, down to 1% in 1944 War Production Board government agency to oversee war production – Synthetic rubber to save for war, stopped producing cars in US factories Stopped making pleated pants and skirts to save fabric Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 first peacetime draft (why a – – peacetime draft?) Men ages 21-35 (later 38), 16 million Americans served Financing the war Raised Liberty bonds, Conserved metal, gasoline, food – worked in factories Rosie the Riveter – African Americans worked in factories, but paid less, served in military – Dorie Miller cook who manned machine gun at PH (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) – Tuskegee Airmen Pilots, fought in N. Africa and – Japanese American Internment Fear Japanese Americans would serve as secret agents for Japan Without evidence, FDR signed Executive 9066, began internment Forced relocation and imprisonment of 115,000 Japanese Americans 1988, Ronald Reagan signed Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which paid $20,000 to each surviving detainee Learning Goal 4 I will be able to: – -Explain how WWII affected the Great Depression -Define and explain mobilization -Define War Production Board & Selective Service and Training Act and explain how each helped the war effort -Summarize and explain how the war was financed (paid for) -Explain how women and minorities helped the war effort and why that was so important -Define and explain internment WWII & Great Depression Mobilization WPB, Selective Service
-Summarize and explain how the war was financed (paid for) -Explain how women and minorities helped the war effort and why that was so important -Define and explain internment The Home Front Preparing for War – mobilization = preparing for war WWII brought Great Depression to an end Factories came back to life making products for war effort – jobs! American daily production doubled Axis Powers combined Unemployment reached 25% during the Depression, down to 1% in 1944 War Production Board – government agency to oversee war production Synthetic rubber to save for war, stopped producing cars in US factories Stopped making pleated pants and skirts to save fabric Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 – first peacetime draft – (why a peacetime draft?) Men ages 21-35 (later 38), 16 million Americans served Financing the war – Raised Liberty bonds, Conserved metal, gasoline, food worked in factories – Rosie the Riveter African Americans – worked in factories, but paid less, served in military Dorie Miller – cook who manned machine gun at PH (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) Tuskegee Airmen – Pilots, fought in N. Africa and Japanese American Internment Fear Japanese Americans would serve as secret agents for Japan Without evidence, FDR signed Executive 9066, began internment Forced relocation and imprisonment of 115,000 Japanese Americans 1988, Ronald Reagan signed Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which paid $20,000 to each surviving detainee Learning Goal 4 – I will be able to: -Explain how WWII affected the Great Depression -Define and explain mobilization -Define War Production Board & Selective Service and Training Act and explain how each helped the war effort -Summarize and explain how the war was financed (paid for) -Explain how women and minorities helped the war effort and why that was so important -Define and explain internment WWII & Great Depression Mobilization WPB, Selective Service
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