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Teenagers sometimes would also have to work to keep up with the demand. States had to change their child labor laws to allow for this to happen.

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Many farmers left to fight in the war, so there was a shortage of agricultural products. People were encouraged to start their own gardens to grow food.

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Some women also became nurses, who helped out in the war and also in local hospitals.

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Women were very prominent taking jobs formerly occupied by men to help manufacture weapons and goods that would support the troops.

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Teenagers were also used in farms and factories during the war
Johnny and Jonathan

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Rations had to be used to keep everyone fed and the troops on the front lines fed.
Johnny and Jonathan

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Due to the raise of women working in factories, the establishment of child care popped up throughout the US .
Lila and JAke

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4) Women were extremely significant during the war. They would help in industry and some became electricians, messagers and many other important jobs.

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Farmers were low but high in demand, so children had to help on farms
Jonathan & Johnny

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5. The number of teenage workers increased by millions as kids dropped out of high school to work.

Victoria Chappell and Rachel Glynn

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4. Victory gardens were created everywhere, schools, vacant lots, backyards, to deal with rationing and create food for soldiers.

Victoria Chappell and Rachel Glynn

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- Patriotic spirit was displayed in many ways during the war time. Things such as movies, music, and other media/cultural aspects were displayed everywhere.

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3. A lot of women took on typically male jobs like working in wartime factories and as taxi drivers.

Victoria Chappell and Rachel Glynn

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4. How Medical Personnel Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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4. How Medical Personnel Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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Alexander Fleming invented penicillin, and the US played a major role in producing and supplying it, which ended up saving many lives.
Emmylou Wilkes and Ari Hippensteal

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Women took over jobs the men had to leave to join the war effort.

Johnny & Jonathan

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3. Many Americans supported the war effort by purchasing war bonds, as well as victory gardens where produce was grown by the average American to provide for themselves.
Lila and Jake

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Many people rationed food after the war.

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4: They provided supplies to American and Allied troops fighting in the war

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Overall baseball commissioner wrote a letter to Roosevelt about shutting down professional baseball but Roosevelt responded with a 'greenlight' in order to keep Americans' spirits up during the war.
Kendall and Jaiden

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3) Rationing became an impact way of life during the war. Meaning that war materials were collected, used, and recycled.

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Another way Americans contributed to the war:

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Another way Americans contributed to the war:

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2. Gasoline, steel, meat, clothing and other things were rationed. Even housing was in short supply so people doubled up on housing in cramped spaces.

Victoria Chappell and Rachel Glynn

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3: The home guard was formed to prevent Hitler from invading.

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- Women found employment as welders, electricias, and riverters to help build armaments necessary for the war.

Avery, Reese

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State guards were created to replace the national guardsmen who were deployed over seas.
Kendall and Jaiden

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Families help in buying recycled materials. to keep the flow of money moving.

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2. Throughout the US worker began to migrate to large cities that became industrial cities known as boom towns as a patriotic duty.
Lila and Jake

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4. Had rations on sugar and gasoline and meat
Kailee, Wesley

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4. Paper drives, rubber drives, and scrap metal drives.

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Boom Towns sparked, and families moved to help work in industrial cities.

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2) Music also became an influence during the war. Musicians started creating more patriotic and war-related music during this time period.

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People at home rationed food, clothing, and gas.

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3. How Minorities Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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3. How Minorities Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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African Americans employed in-war industry jobs rose by about 1 million. These were considered better payed positions for African Americans, and came about as a result of the FECP.
Emmylou Wilkes and Ari Hippensteal

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Women found employment as electrocutions Welders and riveters in defense camps for the US.

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3.Victory gardens: grew vegetables for themselves so the could send other food to troops.
Kailee, Wesley

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Nearly all unions were fully supportive of the war effort. Dealt well with gender discrimination and employed more women.
Kendall and Jaiden

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- Communities organized scrap metal drives in order to help industrialization during the war. Everything was put to good use.

Avery, Reese

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3. After cooking meats, sausage, and bacon, they stored the grease in bottles and sent them to the military to power war machines.

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2: Citizens contributed by rationing consumer goods, purchasing war bonds, and working in the war industries.

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2. African Americans served as tuskegee airmen
Kailee, Wesley

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US workers produced war materials to help with the war effort, most were women.

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2. How Civilians Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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2. How Civilians Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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Civilians rationed materials that could be used in weaponry, as well as food. Some of these items include fabric, metal, rubber, and oil.
Emmylou Wilkes and Ari Hippensteal

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2. Women joined the work force by working in factories.

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1. RATIONED FOOD
-put limit on amount of food consumed
2. RECYCLED MATERIALS
-helped with ship, tank, plane building
3. WAR BONDS
-debt security
4. WAR INDUSTRIES
-business that make and repair supplies from war

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1. Women worked in factories
Kailee, Wesley

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- Resources such as food, gas, and clothing were all rationed in order to save it for the war effort.

Avery, Reese.

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Citizens were given rations, however, as an alternative they planted 'victory gardens' in order to grow their own food.
Kendall and Jaiden

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1. Food was rationed for the military.

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Communities collected strap metal to help build the armaments to win the war.

By: Sam Thomas, Trell Murry

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Riley and Lyndall
Conducted Metal drives

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1. The American Factory worker helped with production of war related materials and women took jobs like welding and electricians that were predominantly male dominated.
Lila and Jake

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1. Communities conducted scrap metal drives in order to build the armaments necessary to win the war.

2. Women found employment as electricians, welders, and riveters in defense plants.

3. As an alternative to rationing, Americans planted "victory gardens," in which they grew their own food, by the end of war, they saved about 40 percent of all veggies consumed in the U.S.

4. The industry looked to many teenagers in America as replacements for factory workers. As a result, many states had to change their child-labor laws so that they can work. During the war, the number of teenage workers increased by about 1.9 million.

~Josh & Isabella

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1: US workers helped with the production of war-related materials.

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1) Movie films were created to broadcast war-related material. Some cartoons for example were made to represent different countries in the war; hey would also utilize propaganda.

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1. How Women Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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1. How Women Helped on the US Homefront during WW2:

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Women took jobs as welders, riveters, and electricians. They essentially took over many of the jobs the men left behind to serve.
Emmylou Wilkes and Ari Hippensteal

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Four ways people helped out during the war:

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Four ways people helped out during the war:

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1. The Hollywood film and Walt Disney Animation industries were useful for propaganda during WWII.

Tori Chappell and Rachel Glynn