https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8 en-us 2018-01-11 03:30:24 UTC 2023-07-26 04:36:16 UTC hello@padlet.com mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445527 Military volunteers are people who join the military by their own free will. When volunteers join the military they are to fight the armed forces of a foreign country. Some of the main reasons people volunteered to join the military were because they believe in a cause and fight for it, they want to see action and to qualify for non-financial benefits such as citizenship or to get education. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445527 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445569 The draft required all men between ages 21-45 were to serve at least one year in the armed forces but once the U.S. entered into WW2, draft terms extended. The importance of the draft was so the army could get volunteers to go into war because they didn’t have enough men. The armed forces was increasing from the years 1939-1945, starting at 370 people and ending at 11,430 people. Then in year 1946, the armed forces took a huge drop from 11,430 people to 3,450 people. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445569 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445608 One in every ten married women entered the labor force during the war. There were also young women who became civilian nurses and volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps or the Navy Nurse Corps. Women would also collect and turn in materials that were needed in the war effort. 1,000 civilian women flew new warplanes from the factories to airfields. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445608 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445650 The U.S. allowed immigrants who were not citizens to gain citizenship by joining in the army. During the war, African Americans left the south and moved to the midwest for better jobs. Between 1940-1944, the percentage of African Americans working in skilled or semiskilled jobs rose from 16% to 30%. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445650 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445671 Since men couldn’t work in the industry during war, women had to take their spot. An estimate of over 6 million women entered the work force for the first time. The total percentage of women in the work force was at 35%. This was the greatest increase in female workers. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445671 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445695 OPA was to control money and rents after the outbreak of WW2. During WW2, OPA points were small, red and blue ration tokens instead of ration coupons. An estimated of 1.1 billion were red and 0.9 billion were blue that were produced. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445695 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445726 Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources, goods and services. They used rationing to keep the prices low because there may be shortage which would make the market prices high. During WW2, ration stamps were often used. Each family got a set number of ration stamps depending on the size of the family, ages of children and income. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445726 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445753 War bonds were first called Defense bonds. War bonds were seen as a way to reduce inflation. The war bonds were a loan to the government to help finance the war effort. There were 134 million Americans to purchase war bonds to help fund the war. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445753 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445854 This was a phrase used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This phrase was to describe the U.S. as he tried to get popular support for sending the military to nations fighting against the Axis. It referred to the collective efforts of American industry supporting the Allies.]]> 2018-01-11 03:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445854 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445903 This was a method used by the government to control the economy and raise money for the war effort. WPB’s role was to supervise war production. They also established priorities in rationing and prohibited in nonessential production. WPB supervised the production of $183 billion worth of weapons and supplies. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445903 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445939 This was an agency that delivered propaganda. The propaganda was used to launch to sell war bonds, promote efficiency in factories, reduce the ugly rumors and maintain civilian confidence. They used the radio, newspapers, posters, photographs and other forms of media to encourage people to do all of these things. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445939 mackenzieheinen https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445994 The Japanese American Internment was to remove all the Japanese Americans. President Roosevelt signed an order requiring the removal of people of Japanese ancestry from California, parts of Washington, Oregon and Arizona. After the war, JACL pushed the government to repay those sent to camps for their lost property. Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that promised $20,000 to every Japanese American sent to a relocation camp. ]]> 2018-01-11 03:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzieheinen/8ttrt350qac8/wish/220445994