U.S homefront by Kennedy Cook https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37 en-us 2021-01-25 16:15:40 UTC 2024-05-31 02:58:15 UTC hello@padlet.com selective service kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124802435 started in 1940, required all men between 18-45 to register for the draft. 50 million men registered. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124802435 office of price administration kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124809513 Stabilize prices and rents so there is no unreasonable increases in them. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124809513 rationing kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124819912 had to be strict with certain goods because the war needed stuff. by the end of the war 5,600 local rationing boards staffed over 100,000 citizen volunteers. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124819912 Women in WWII kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124827077 additional labor provided by women. switched from consumer production to war production. 350,000 women joined to military during this time. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124827077 The arsenal of democracy kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124842277 No American city contributed more to allied powers than Detroit. increased military funding from $24 million to $700 million. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124842277 Japanese American internment kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124853863 relocated people that were Japanese, to different concentration camps. Moved about 120,000 people. ]]> 2021-01-26 02:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124853863 Minority groups and their military services kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124861152 All minorities were given the same rate of pay. 1 million African Americans, 33,000 Japanese Americans, etc. ]]> 2021-01-26 03:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124861152 War production board kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124865667 An agency that supervised war production during WWII. In 1942 supervised the production of $183 billion worth of weapons and supply. ]]> 2021-01-26 03:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124865667 Office of war information kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124869862 documented Americans mobilization for the war efforts in texts, films, and posters. ]]> 2021-01-26 03:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124869862 War bonds kennedycook1 https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124876033 2021-01-26 03:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kennedycook1/9966gr7ux2qbxy37/wish/1124876033