https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl en-us 2021-01-25 16:15:40 UTC 2024-12-28 10:28:28 UTC hello@padlet.com arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137254249 Even though Japanese Americans did enter the war, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the American citizens were panicked, thinking they were going to be hit next and that the Japanese Americans living their were going to sabotage them. To counter this, the government had put these people into internment camps.
"General Delos Emmons, the military governor of Hawaii, resisted the order because 37 percent of the people in Hawaii were
Japanese Americans. To remove them would have destroyed the islands’ economy
and hindered U.S. military operations there. However, he was eventually forced
to order the internment, or confinement, of 1,444 Japanese Americans, 1 percent of Hawaii’s Japanese-American population. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137254249 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137255079 The Office of War Information (OWI), was tasked with creating and promoting propaganda, as well as keeping tabs on things going on in the war.
"OWI photographers documented American life and culture during the early years of World War II, focusing on such subjects as training for war work, the increasing numbers of women in the workforce, and civil rights struggles–including the internment of Japanese Americans, and the movement to enable the increased participation of African American soldiers in the U.S. armed forces. - Library of Congress" https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-13/#:~:text=On%20June%2013%2C%201942%2C%20some,Information%20(OWI)%20was%20created.&text=The%20OWI%20served%20as%20an,%2C%20radio%20programs%2C%20and%20posters.]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137255079 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137256149 The War Production Board (WPB) decided which factories could continue selling commodities to the public and which ones would make products for the war effort. Not only that, they collected scrap to be recycled into war efforts.
"During one five-month-long paper drive in
Chicago, schoolchildren collected 36 million pounds of old
paper—about 65 pounds per child. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137256149 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137256981 The Arsenal of Democracy was when the Americans helped the allies, not only by giving them weapons using the Lend-Lease act, but by also giving destroying the u-boat submarines known as Wolf Packs when they threatened America.
"Wolf packs were successful in sinking as much as 350,000
tons of shipments in a single month. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137256981 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137258677 War Bonds were used to help create the money needed to go into the war. People would buy a stamp, and the money would go into the war, and then come back to the people after a certain amount of time, like a loan.
"By the end of the war, 85 million Americans (out of a population of 131 million) had purchased $185.7 billion dollars of bonds – over $2000 per person, at a time when the average income was $2000 per year. - Sarah Sundin" https://www.sarahsundin.com/world-war-ii-war-bonds/]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137258677 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137259099 The government had to make sure that not only were non-fighting Americans were being given to the soldiers fighting. To do so they gave out pamphlets to families for cooking, and advised people on carpooling since gas was not available and was being given to the allies.
"By the end of the war, about 5,600 local rationing boards staffed by over 100,000 citizen volunteers were administering the program. - National WWII Museum" https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/rationing]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137259099 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137259561 The Office of Price Administration (OPA) had fought against inflations, freezing wages and prices of foods as well as raising income taxes and extending the taxes to people who have never payed them in the beginning.
"As a result of these measures, inflation remained below 30 percent—about half that of World
War I—for the entire period of World War II. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137259561 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137260403 In the beginning, many minorities felt as though they shouldn't fight. They were segregated from others based off their skin color, and felt as though they wouldn't be acknowledged in the fight. However, many did join, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans.
"In
addition, 33,000 Japanese Americans put on uniforms. Of these, several thousand
volunteered to serve as spies and interpreters in the Pacific war. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137260403 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137261886 The WAAC bill was a law that started on May 15, 1942. It gave women the rights to get jobs in the war (but not fighting), such as nurses, radio operators, and more. Not only that, but women also took over mens jobs while they fought in the war overseas.
"More than 13,000 women
applied on the first day. In all,
some 350,000 women served in
this and other auxiliary branches
during the war. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137261886 arielgrader https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137262560 The Selective Service was an act signed by the president to draft those of age into the army, as the amount of volunteers were still too little to fight such a huge war.
"Even the 5 million who volunteered for military service, however,
were not enough to face the challenge
of an all-out war on two global
fronts—Europe and the Pacific. The
Selective Service System expanded the
draft and eventually provided another
10 million soldiers to meet the armed forces’ needs. - History Textbook"]]> 2021-01-28 16:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/arielgrader/8tmcuh3tnynhc9jl/wish/1137262560