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U.S. Prepares for War
-Allied Powers formed
-Selective Service begins draft process
-Lend-Lease policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of Democracy
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U.S. enters the War
-U.S. has embargo on Japan for actions in the Pacific
-U.S. had warning of a possible Japanese attack somewhere
-Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked
“day that will live in infamy”
-U.S. declares war on Japan and then Germany, Italy declare war on U.S.
Americans in the Service
-millions volunteered and millions more were drafted
-GI’s went to basic training for 8 weeks
-Women’s Auxiliary Corps
thousands volunteered
-Minorities served in segregated units
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Social Effects
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
War Hysteria
Take away rights during war
Social Effects
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
