https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb United States in WWII en-us 2019-01-09 20:44:10 UTC 2024-12-02 05:57:50 UTC hello@padlet.com aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319016524 Military volunteers often enlisted to fight in the armed forces of a foreign country. ]]> 2019-01-09 20:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319016524 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319733671 After the United States entered World War II, amendments to the Selective Training and Service Act on December 24, 1941, made all mean between the ages of 20 and 44 liable for military service, and required all men between that ages of 18 and 64 to register. ]]> 2019-01-11 16:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319733671 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319872940 Beginning in December 1941, 350,000 women served in the United States Armed Forces during WWII. They had their own branches of service. ]]> 2019-01-11 20:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319872940 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319873485 The country was united in its patriotic desire to win the war. However, American minorities felt a contradiction in the wartime experience. While they were fighting overseas to save democracy, freedoms at home were still limited for people of color. ]]> 2019-01-11 20:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319873485 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319876654 Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. The gap in the labor force created by departing soldiers meant opportunities for women. Most women in the labor force working during WWII did not work in the defense industry. ]]> 2019-01-11 21:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/319876654 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321287365 The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of WWII. ]]> 2019-01-16 15:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321287365 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321290702 Rationing for the War Effort. The ration books contained removable stamps for good for certain rationed items, like sugar, meat, cooking oil, and canned goods. ]]> 2019-01-16 15:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321290702 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321291322 Full employment collided with rationing, and war bonds were seen as a way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation. They were first called Defense Bonds. ]]> 2019-01-16 15:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321291322 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321292082 During WWII, "Arsenal of Democracy" was the slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a radio broadcast delivered on December 29, 1940. ]]> 2019-01-16 15:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321292082 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321293036 The War Production Board was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during WWII. ]]> 2019-01-16 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321293036 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321293695 The United States Office of War Information was a United States government agency created during WWII. OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945.]]> 2019-01-16 16:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321293695 aurorarichardson https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321294377 Japanese internment camps were established during WWII by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States, was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps. ]]> 2019-01-16 16:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aurorarichardson/3rmj1vrwolpb/wish/321294377