https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd en-us 2020-01-14 15:33:08 UTC 2020-01-22 18:56:05 UTC hello@padlet.com madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431364219 Military volunteers during WWII made it so the U.S. had more men fighting at war. These men chose to help our country and weren't forced in by the draft like many others. ]]> 2020-01-14 15:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431364219 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431404640 The selective services made it so that every man between the ages of 21 to 30 years to register for the war. In a few months to come 10 million men were drafted into the war leaving the women to be the head of the house. ]]> 2020-01-14 16:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431404640 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431405457 2020-01-14 16:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431405457 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431405868 Americans during WWII bought war bonds to help provide money to be used in the war. 134 million U.S. citizens were asked to purchase war bonds in efforts to help. ]]> 2020-01-14 16:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431405868 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431840300 35,000 women served in the military during December 1941. Most women did not actually "fight" in the war, but instead worked jobs such as nurses and clerks which in return are just as important as what the men were doing. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431840300 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431840744 Minority groups during WWII were used as an important source of manpower. On December 31, 1945 other minority groups such as Japanese, Native Americans, Hawaiians, and Chinese were entered into the military. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431840744 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431841525 While the men were fighting in the war women were forced to step up and provide for their family. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431841525 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431842194 An executive order was given by the government for the control of money. Americans were limited to the amount they could spend after the outbreak of WWII in order to keep down inflation prices. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431842194 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431843736 The U.S. government put in place an order to ration supplies for Americans.  U.S. citizens were given ration stamps which purchased items needing to be rationed. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431843736 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431845444 After the bombing of Pearl Harbor the U.S. military forced families of Japanese decent into interment camps along the West coast. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431845444 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431845899 President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the slogan "Arsenal of Democracy" during a radio broadcast showing Americas support towards Great Britain. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431845899 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431847328 During World War II the U.S. government created the War Production Board which managed the production of products used for war. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431847328 madisonwalters https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431847542 The Office of War Information made it possible for American civilians to hear what was actually happening in the war. ]]> 2020-01-15 14:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonwalters/ar6cp47rpnwd/wish/431847542