MOBILIZING FOR WAR

SECTION 2

BUILDING AN ARMY

SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT 1ST PEACETIME DRAFT IN US HISTORY MEN BETWEEN 21-35 AT FIRST, LATER ON

18-45 MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL MEN IN THE

AGE RANGE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT

BUILDING AN ARMY

> 15 MILLION MEN SERVED 1 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS

FACED DISCRIMINATION SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS AS THE WAR WENT ON, MORE

OPPORTUNITIES AROSE ABOUT 300,000 MEXICAN AMERICANS

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

US STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DEPRESSION WHEN THE WAR STARTED

HOWEVER, WHEN THE WAR STARTED, PRODUCTION INCREASED, SALARIES INCREASED, UNEMPLOYMENT NEARLY VANISHED

MANY MOVED TO THE NORTH AND THE MIDWEST FOR THE HIGH PAYING FACTORY JOBS IN THESE AREAS

ON THE WEST COAST, MANY MOVED TO THE SHIPYARDS FOR WORK

AGRICULTURE WAS DOING WELL TO HELP FEED AMERICA AND EUROPE AGAIN

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

WAR PRODUCTION BOARD CREATED AGAIN TO OVERSEE THE

PRODUCTION FOR WAR MATERIALS BANNED THE PRODUCTION OF CARS IN

1942 LATER ON THE OFFICE OF WAR

MOBILIZATION REPLACED THE WPB

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED SCRAP DRIVES COLLECTED SCRAP METAL, RUBBER

RATIONING WAS STARTED CONTROLLED THE ITEMS AMERICANS

COULD BUY EXAMPLES INCLUDED MEAT, DAIRY,

BUTTER... COFFEE, GAS, SHOES

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION TRIED TO KEEP THE US POPULATION

INFORMED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE WAR

SENSITIVE MATERIAL OF COURSE WAS SENSORED

TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT “A SLIP OF THE LIP MAY SINK A SHIP”

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

TAXES WERE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE WAR TO HELP PAY FOR IT

FOR THE FIRST TIME, MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS PEOPLE HAD TO PAY INCOME TAXES

THE GOVERNMENT SOLD WAR BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE REST

THE WARTIME ECONOMY

WOMEN AND THE WAR EFFORT

AS THE MEN LEFT, WOMEN REPLACED THEM IN THE WORKFORCE

RECEIVED LESS PAY THAN MEN ABOUT 300,000 WOMEN SERVED IN THE

ARMED FORCES WOMEN’S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS (WAAC)

HELPED WITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WOMEN AIR FORCE PILOTS (WASP)

FLEW PLANES IN THE US TO THE BASES FROM ALL OVER THE US

WOMEN AND THE WAR EFFORT

ARMY AND NAVY NURSES SERVED IN COMBAT AREAS

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

BROUGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES

MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVED NORTH TO THE OPEN JOBS IN THE NORTH THEY WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND

PAID LESS THAN WHITE WORKERS

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH BLACK LABOR LEADER VOWED TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC IF THE

PRESIDENT DID NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF BLACKS

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE FDR CREATED THIS ACT IN RESPONSE TO

RANDOLPH IT PREVENTED DISCRIMINATION IN WAR INDUSTRIES

AND GOVERNMENT JOBS DUE TO RACE

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO MOVED TO WHERE THE JOBS WERE

MEXICAN WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE U.S. FOR WORK (CALLED BRACEROS)

MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO FACED DISCRIMINATION IN 1943 THERE WAS A RIOT IN LOS ANGELES

WHERE MEXICAN AMERICANS WERE ATTACKED WAS CALLED THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS (BECAUSE OF

THE CLOTHING THEY WORE

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT

MORE THAN 125,000 JAPANESE LIVED IN AMERICAN AT THE TIME OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

2 TYPES OF JAPANESE 1. ISSEI

BORN IN JAPAN 2. NISEI

BORN IN AMERICA AND FULL U.S. CITIZENS

JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT

GOV’T FEARED THE POSSIBILITY OF SPYING OR SABOTAGE BY THE JAPANESE

MOVED THEM TO INTERNMENT CAMPS STARTING IN 1942

MANY JAPANESE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MILITARY MOST SERVED IN EUROPE MANY WERE USED AS INTERPRETERS

JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT