The Homefront World War II Created by Mr. Johnson.
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ObjectiveObjective
•10.03 – Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
Key TermsKey Terms
War bondsBaby boomersFair DealG.I. BillKorematsu v. United
States, 1944LevittownNorthern MigrationMiddle class
Rosie the RiveterSelective Service ActAFL-CIOTaft-Hartley ActWACSWar Production
BoardJapanese American
InternmentRationing
The HomefrontThe Homefront
•“Home” – United States•“Front” – Line of battle•How is the war being waged
in the U.S.?
•Total War – all sectors of society are mobilized for war
RestrictionsRestrictions
Selective Service Act, Selective Service Act, 19401940
The The
Draft!!!Draft!!!
War Production BoardWar Production Board
• Shift away from laissez faire
• Gov’t Regulation– Production of goods– Consumption of
resources…• Gasoline• Heating oil• Metals• Rubber• Plastics
Office of Price Office of Price AdministrationAdministration
• Price controls• Rent controls
RationingRationing
RationingRationing
Victory GardensVictory Gardens
War BondsWar Bonds
Income TaxIncome Tax
Media CensorshipMedia Censorship
Propaganda & Propaganda & StereotypesStereotypes
Taft-Hartley ActTaft-Hartley Act
• Anti-union law• Fear of communism…
Cold War coming
A.F.L.-C.I.O.A.F.L.-C.I.O.
•A.F. of L. (1886)•Breakaway – C.I.O. (1938)•Reunited into AFL-CIO (1955)•Refrained from strikes during the war
Internment CampsInternment Camps
Korematsu v. U.S.Korematsu v. U.S.
• Executive Order 9066
• Wartime powers of government
• Civil rights
Black SoldiersBlack Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
Tuskegee Airmen
OpportunitiesOpportunities
West Virginia State Board of West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteEducation v. Barnette, 1943, 1943
• 1st Amendment
• Citizens cannot be forced to pledge allegiance to the flag
War IndustryWar Industry
National War Labor BoardNational War Labor Board
• Government arbitration…
• …no interruptions in production
Rosie the RiveterRosie the Riveter
W.A.C.S.W.A.C.S.
Womens’ Army Corps
Navajo Code TalkersNavajo Code Talkers
Nisei RegimentsNisei Regiments
Great MigrationGreat Migration
““Double V” CampaignDouble V” Campaign
A. Philip RandolphA. Philip Randolph
March on Washington Movement
Executive Order Executive Order 88028802
•“Fair Employment”•No racial discrimination in defense industry
Mexican-American Mexican-American SoldiersSoldiers
• Served in integrated units
Bracero ProgramBracero Program
•Temporary Mexican agricultural laborers
G.I. BillG.I. Bill
Passed in 1944Federal aid to veterans•Education•Housing•Unemployment•“Servicemen’s Readjustment Act”
Fair DealFair Deal
• Harry Truman• Extension of New
Deal– National health
insurance
• Republican Resistance
Levittown, PALevittown, PA
•William J. Levitt•Suburbia
Levittown, PALevittown, PA
• Prefabricated Homes
““Little Boxes”Little Boxes”
Little boxes on the hillside,Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,Little boxes, little boxes,Little boxes, all the same.There's a green one and a pink oneAnd a blue one and a yellow oneAnd they're all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same.
““Little Boxes”Little Boxes”
And the people in the housesAll went to the universityWhere they were put in boxesAnd they came out all the sameAnd there's doctors and lawyersAnd business executivesAnd they're all made out of ticky tackyAnd they all look just the same.
-Malvina Reynolds
Middle ClassMiddle Class
Middle ClassMiddle Class
Baby BoomBaby Boom
Births in the United States
Boomer GenerationBoomer Generation