WW2 Home Front

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on the

Home Front

Required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft.
This was the first peacetime draft in United States' history.

service in the Army.”

Selective Training
and
Service Act

1940

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The first national lottery took place on 29 October 1940.
Those who were selected from the draft lottery were required to serve at least one year in the armed forces. Once the U.S. entered WWII, draft terms extended through the duration of the fighting.

service in the Army.”

The Draft

1940

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Multiple Choice

What was the first peacetime draft in American history called?

• World War II Draft

• National Defense measure

• Military Recruitment Act

• Selective Service Act

Millions of men had left their jobs to serve in the military. Factories needed more workers. Women helped solve this problem by going to work to make weapons and other war related products.

We can do it!

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Rosie the Riveter was a symbolic representation of the women who worked in factories and shipyards of the United States of America during World War II. This poster was meant to encourage women to participate in the war effort.

Rosie the Riveter

Multiple Choice

Who served as a symbol for women in the workplace during World War II?

• Rosie the Riveter
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Florence Nightingale
• Wanda the Welder

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​Roughly 350,000 females joined the military during the war and served as nurses, truck drivers, and among many other positions, airplane mechanics.

​The Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) flew planes from factories to military bases.

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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs, later renamed the Women’s Army Corps)

Army Nurse Corps

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Navy Women’s Reserve (WAVES)
​Navy Nurse Corps.

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Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS)

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a way women served in World War II

• Working on the homefront

• Serving in uniform

• Fighting on the front lines

• Nurses caring for soldiers

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a branch of the female army?

• WASPs

• SPARs

• Army Nurse Corps

• WAAKs

Multiple Choice

How does the poster show the changing role of women in World War II?

• Women were assigned military roles equal to those held by men by the end of the war

• Women held many jobs during the war and were hired for jobs in factories that were previously held by men.

• Women bought war bonds and continued to work outside the home only in jobs traditionally performed by women.

• Women helped the war by exercising their right to vote and holding leadership positions in major wartime industries

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​With millions of soldiers to feed, the country faced food shortages. As a result, the government decided to limit the amount of food each person in the United States could buy. This is called rationing.

​Do your part!

Everyone got a certain number of rationing
stamps for meat and dairy. When you bought an item, you had to turn in some of your stamps. When you ran out of stamps you could not buy anymore.

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Rationing Stamps

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Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of rationing?

• limiting the amount of something that each person is allowed to have

• limiting the amount of power the government has

• Fixed allotments of armies needed by the military.

• Fixed allotments of family members needed by the military.

The first African American Air Force pilots were known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The pilots trained at an army base in Tuskegee,Alabama. More than one million African Americans served in the military.

during WWII.

Tuskegee Airmen

Multiple Choice

Who were the famous African American pilots known for their heroism?

• Tuskegee Airmen
• Brooklyn Bombers
• Saskatchewan Sabers
• New England Patriots

Multiple Choice

What nickname did the Tuskegee Airmen earn due to the color of their plane tails?

• Sky Warriors

• Black Eagles

• Freedom Flyers

• Red Tails

FDR issued Executive Order 9066 that held
Japanese-Americans during the war, and
released after provided they pledged their loyalty.

Multiple Choice

What was the date of the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

• December 7, 1941

• December 7, 1945

• November 5, 1941

• November 5, 1945

100,000 first and second generation

Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps.

The Japanese were labeled a security risk in the western United States.

Multiple Choice

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

• People of Japanese ancestry

• People of Hawaiian ancestry

• People of Native American ancestry

• People of French ancestry

In Korematsu v. the United States, the Supreme Court upheld the order and agreed that the president had the authority to intern citizens in this manner.

Multiple Choice

What U.S. president ordered the Japanese to be moved to internment camps?

• George Bush

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

Atomic Bomb

In August 1939, Albert Einstein wrote to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to warn him that the Nazis were working on a new and powerful weapon: an atomic bomb. ​Einstein said these atomic bombs would create massive explosive energy by splitting atoms. In 1942 the government started the Manhattan Project. This was the code name given to the effort to build the atomic bomb. Thousands of scientist went to work at a top-secret lab in New Mexico.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb.

Multiple Choice

The Manhattan Project was in charge of:

• Develop large-scale planes.

• Develop factories in war places.

• Develop concentration camps.

• Develop atomic bombs.

Multiple Choice

Who was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project?

• Albert Einstein

• Niels Bohr

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Enrico Fermi

Multiple Choice

The atomic bombs used to end World War II were dropped on__________________.

• Tokyo and Nagasaki
• Berlin and Tokyo
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Hiroshima and Berlin

Poll

What would you have done to help support the war if you were alive during this time?

• Planted a Victory Garden

• Bought War Bonds

• Joined the Military

• Conserved Metal and Gasoline