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PEOPLE HELP THE WAR EFFORT

• Americans disagreed about the war before 1941

• Pearl Harbor united Americans

• Organizations sent supplies over seas

• Kids collected old tires and meatal to use to make military weapons

• The food was rationed and limited

• Women planted victory gardens

FAMILIES DURING WAR

• Nearly everyone in US new people in military

• People read newspapers and watched Newsreels

• Newsreels: A short film about current events

WWII AFFECTED US CULTURE

• Writers and artists expressed the country’s feelings about this huge event

• Many paintings, books, and movies were about the war

MUSIC DURING WARTIME

• Music was also often about war too

• Popular songs reminded people of loved ones over seas

• To forget their worries, people danced to swing and jazz