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Mobilizing for the War Chapter 18, Section 1
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Mobilization
• Selective Service Act – All men 21-36 had to register.
• Military budget increased greatly.
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The Depression Ends!!!
• Office for War Mobilization– Liberty Ships and Henry Kaiser
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The Depression Ends
• Spending creates jobs to make war goods.
• Unemployment drops to less than 1%!
• Jobs are available for all men, women, and minorities willing to work.
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Women in the
Workforce
• Women Fill many jobs left by men.
• Rosie The Riveter– Higgins boats
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Diversity in the Army
• 300,000 Hispanics• 25,000 Native
Americans• 17,000 Japanese
Americans• Women served in
many capacities throughout the war.
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1,000,000 African Americans
• Dorie Miller with the Navy’s Distinguished Service Cross
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Shortages on the Home Front• War jobs meant extra money but…• Sugar, butter, meat, shoes, nylon, and gasoline
were strictly rationed through stamps.
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• No more stamps = No more food
• Victory Gardens provided 1/3 of the nations fresh vegetables.
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Americans United
– Americas were united in a common cause– However, Profits and Inflation was rising, but wages
were stagnant.• 1943 saw many strikes as workers struggled to make ends
meet. (COAL STRIKES)