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“ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY”The American Home Front
during WWII
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Everyday Life Changes
Food, gas & clothing are rationed
Families kept stamps that they could purchase goods with in their ration books
Scrap metal, aluminum cans, & rubber recycled to create weapons
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Ways to Help Out
Some Americans planted “victory gardens” where they grew their own food
By 1945, 20 million gardens accounted for 40% of all vegetables
People also bought war bonds - debt securities issued by the govt. to finance the war
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Men Fight, Women Work
Draft ages expand to men ages 18-37
Women began securing factory jobs, usually held by men
By mid-1940s, women in American work force up from 25% to 36%
By 1945, 1/4 married women worked
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“Rosie the Riveter”
Rose Will Monroe, was a real-life worker building bombers at the Willow Run aircraft plant in Ypsilanti, MI
Appeared in promotional film
Inspired the fictitious character that was a very successful recruiting tool
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Remember him?
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Celebrities Enlist
Hall of Fame baseball player Joe DiMaggio Pro baseball continued
during war Actor Clark Gable
Movie theaters showed newsreal & propaganda
Heavyweight world champion boxer Joe Louis
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Joe Louis
Before the war, “the Brown Bomber” knocked out German boxer Max Schmeling
Louis put on exhibitions to fundraise & donated $100,000 in fight prize money
Known for patriotism & support for black troops
Criticized for promoting a segregated Army
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Japanese Internment
FDR signs executive order to remove & imprison all Japanese Americans living on West Coast
Combination of wartime panic & belief that they would assist Japanese military
120,000 JA’s put in “relocation camps”
Despite this, young JA men served in the armed forces & fought bravely
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Other Vocab terms
Victory Ships - U.S. built cargo ships that supplied the Allies
G.I. – U.S. soldiers (General Issue) WAC, WASP, WAVES – Women’s
branches of the armed forces (Army, Airforce, Navy)