Chapter 25America & World War II

Section 3

Life on the Home Front

Women and Minorities Gain Ground

• Wartime labor shortage forced factories to hire married women.

• “Rosie the Riveter”

A. Philip Randolph

• Head of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, union for A.A. railroad workers.

• Responsible for Executive Order 8802, declaring no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or gov’t.

Bracero Program

• Arranged for Mexican farmworkers to come to the U.S. to help farms in the Southwest.

• More than 200,000 came.

Sunbelt

• Growth of California and the expansion of cities in the Deep South created the Sunbelt.

Zoot Suit Riots

• Zoot suit, worn by many Mexican-American teens, was seen as unpatriotic.

• After rumors of the attack on sailors, 2,500 soldiers marched into M.A. neighborhoods and attacked some M.A.

Office of Price Administration

• Regulated wages and the price of farm products.

• Office of Economic Administration – regulated all other prices.

War Labor Board

• Worked to prevent strikes that would endanger the war effort.

Rationing

• Limiting the availability of products, occurred as the demand for raw materials and supplies increased and created shortages.

Victory Gardens

• Planted to produce more food for the war effort.

• Scrap drives were also organized.

E Bonds

• Used to raise money for the war.

• Way the people could loan money for the war.

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