US History WWII Homefront Period 5 by Christopher Lee https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu en-us 2018-01-10 15:26:21 UTC 2018-01-26 03:26:19 UTC hello@padlet.com High Military Enlistment https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220323740 The result was that some departments had to block enlistments because they could not process the volunteers because there were so many. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220323740 https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325347 2018-01-10 18:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325347 Flying Tigers https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325682 The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC).commanded by Claire Lee Chennault.]]> 2018-01-10 18:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325682 Operation Overlord https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325843 This is the code name for the battle of Normandy in Northern France. Started On June 6th 1944 and had the most American Deaths of any battle in United States history. A common nickname was D-Day. The battle ended with an American victory. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220325843 The Invasion of Normandy https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326128 Before the Invasion of Normandy the United States and Great Britain planned a deceive planned to Germany having a planned invasion to Germany pase de callas instead of Normandy. The Allies was planning to invade Normandy in June 5 1944 but was delayed to June 6 1944 due to bad weather. In June 6 1944 the Canadian and British troops would successfully invaded as well as American troopers in Utah beach but the most the causality mostly happened at Omaha Beach where zoo american casualty happened. The Invasion led to 156,000 allied soldiers successfully invading Normandy and 4,000 ailed troops losing their life. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326128 What lead to the end of The Great Depression? https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326695 The Great Depression ended with t a sharp reduction in spending and taxes. WW2 marked the end of the Depression because 12 million unemployed men were sent to the military and a similar number was sent to defense-related jobs. Those jobs took care of the 17 million unemployed in the US. When FDR was elected into office, he created numerous work relief programs to help the unemployment rate decrease. He signed the New Deal into law 100 day after being elected and it created 42 agencies that created jobs, allow ionization and provide the unemployed insurance. Many of these programs still exist. These programs help safeguard the economy to prevent another depression.]]> 2018-01-10 18:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326695 Tuskegee airmen https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326750 The Tuskegee airmen was the name given to a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in WW2. Officially, they formed the 332nd fighter group and the 447th bombardment group of the United States Army Air Forces. They were the first black servicemen to serve as military aviators. They are also known as the most successful group of airforce fighters. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220326750 Rationing https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220327872 Food was in short supply for a variety of reasons: much of the processed and canned foods was reserved for shipping overseas, transportation of fresh foods was limited due to gasoline/tire shortages/importing restrictions, and transporting soldiers/supplies was a priority instead of of food. Because of these shortages, the US government’s Office of Price Administration established a system of rationing that would more fairly distribute foods that were in short supply.  Every American was issued a series of ration books during the war that contained removable stamps good for certain rationed items which a person could not buy  without also giving the grocer the right ration stamp. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220327872 FDR Domestic and Foreign policies https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220327898 A domestic policy while FDR was running for president was that he promised a ´New Deal´ to help the country bounce back from the collapse. On the other hand, a foreign policy was that Roosevelt began increasing trade within different countries but tried to stay out of as much conflict as possible.]]> 2018-01-10 18:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220327898 Volunteerism https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328088 Volunteerism is the use or involvement of volunteer labor. 
the importance of volunteering during the war was it helped create the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Women helped mostly with this by making bandages, and knitted clothing, they helped find salvaged objects that could be recycled. They had also ran Mobile Canteen services during the air raids they had arrived at bus stations and subways. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328088 Fair Employment Practices Committee https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328582 Executive order signed by Roosevelt (1941) that banned discrimination based on race , or national origin, in the employment of workers.]]> 2018-01-10 18:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328582 victory garden https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328952 where gardens planted  both at private residences and on public land during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. This helped in the war by providing American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort. Americans were encouraged to produce their own food, planting vegetable gardens in their backyards, churchyards, city parks, and playgrounds.]]> 2018-01-10 18:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220328952 growth of business in america during ww2 https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329184 during the war 17 million new jobs were crated for civilians, the industrial productivity increased by 96 percent and corporate profits after taxes double.
http://prospect.org/article/way-we-won-americas-economic-breakthrough-during-world-war-ii]]> 2018-01-10 18:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329184 U.S. Speedy Mobilization For war effort. https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329451 Government paid manufacturers cost of product "plus" extra to ensure a profit, there were multiple empty Factories due to Great Depression, which could be use to support manufacturing of war products. The government offered no interest/low interest loans so the empty factories could be renovated other factories could be converted. Govt "management,' in which Govt controlled raw materials and Industries that chose not to shift over to war production wouldn't be allowed raw materials.]]> 2018-01-10 18:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329451 Growth and Agriculture in World War 2 https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329746 The United States responded. First, the U.S. decided to send its destroyers to hunt the U-Boats and keep shipping lanes open. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act of 1940. That program was essentially an export program for farmers. The government bought food commodities that had been in surplus before the war and shipped them to the Allies.
By the end of 1941, farm income was higher than at any time since 1929. Between 1940 and 1945, net cash income for farmers increased from $4.4 billion to $12.3 billion. The average farmer went from a net income of just over $700 to over $2,063 – yet farmers still earned only 57 percent of what their urban cousins made. When the US officially entered the war the demand for food increased, so farmers were exhorted to produce more
]]> 2018-01-10 18:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329746 Navajo Code Talkers https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329757 Navajo Code Talkers received messages in Navajo and then relayed them to the U.S. Military in English in order to gain information without it being understood by the enemy. ]]> 2018-01-10 18:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220329757 Us military advancements on the pacific https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220330699 "Leapfrogging" or " Island Hopping" was a strategy used by the Allied powers to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions while focusing limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended, but capable of supporting the main islands of Japan.]]> 2018-01-10 18:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220330699 Harry S. Truman Domestic and Foreign policies https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331102 Truman's domestic policies as president took far less of his time, and proved far less successful, than his foreign policies. Here also he dealt with three major issues: administration of the modern American presidency, a legislative program known as the Fair Deal, and Republican accusations of internal subversion and corruption. He managed well with two of these domestic matters. The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey.]]> 2018-01-10 18:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331102 The Significance of the Liberation of Concentration Camps: https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331347 Concentration camps were all throughout Germany but were liberated by countries such as Britain and the U.S. The liberation of them is significant because they were responsible for millions of brutal, innocent deaths. Not only that, but the people within them that weren’t killed, lived under very harsh conditions. When the camps were liberated, other countries were able to see just how horrible they were making them lose even more ‘respect’ for Germany. Also, the people in them were able to go free after they were liberated.]]> 2018-01-10 18:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331347 Battle of midway https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331755 The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea]]> 2018-01-10 18:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220331755 Bataan Death March https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220714593 After April 9th 1942 which was when the U.S surrendered on the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine Island. Approximately 75,000 American and Filipino troops were forced to march 65 miles to the prison camps. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220714593 Manhattan Project https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220715385 The Manhattan project was a research and development undertaking during world war 2 that produced the first nuclear weapon during world war 2 
The Manhattan project ultimately lead to testing the first bomb ever at trinity site near Alamogordo It was led by the united states with the support of the united kingdom and canada . ]]> 2018-01-11 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220715385 Double v campaign https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220715616 This campaign was orchestrated by the Pittsburgh Courier, a weekly black newspaper that helped influence public opinion among black Americans. According to the Courier's February 14th headline, “The Courier's Double 'V' for a double victory campaign gets country-wide support.” This support showed that black America was tired of being oppressed and ready for change. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220715616 increase of consumption https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220717016 Food purchases are the largest share of any major category, had increased and accounted for one third of total consumption spending.]]> 2018-01-11 18:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220717016 Women in WWII https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220718520 American women played important roles during World War II, both at home and in uniform. Not only did they give their sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers to the war effort, they gave their time, energy, and some even gave their lives.]]> 2018-01-11 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/7ulj9bc6z1hu/wish/220718520