WW2 Homefront

• Encouraged women to fulfill their patriotic duty by doing what was necessary to support American troops.

• Convinced women that jobs that were traditionally performed by men needed the female workforce.

Rosie The Riveter

Multiple Choice

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

• A famous singer from the 1940s.
• a fictional character representing women workers during World War II.

• A character in a popular movie about WWII.
• A government program for veterans after the war.

Yet for all that other soldiers sacrificied and all they lost, in a way, they were very fortunate, because they never had the burden of having their every mission, their every success, their every failure viewed through the color of their skin.

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George W. Bush said....

Multiple Choice

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of engineers in World War II.
• The Tuskegee Airmen were the first female pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces.
• The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces.
• The Tuskegee Airmen were a famous band from the 1940s.