https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g en-us 2020-01-10 14:59:53 UTC 2026-02-04 06:52:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/431105061 The first draft required all American men from ages 21-45 to register for the draft. The draft began in October 1940, by November 18th the first men were entering military service. President Rosevelt asked the U.S Congress to extend the term of duty from 12 months to 30 months. The extension act was passed on August 18th, 1941. From October 1940 until March 1947—when the wartime Selective Training and Service Act expired after extensions by Congress—over 10,000,000 men were inducted. ]]> 2020-01-14 01:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/431105061 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/431107292 Congress woman Edith Nourse Rogers introduced a bill to establish the WAAC on 28 May 1941. The U.S elected not to use women in combat service because public opinion would not tolerate it. Although around 350,000 women served as uniformed auxiliaries in non-combat roles such as administration, nurses, truck drivers, mechanics, electricians and auxiliary pilots. More than 150,000 women served with the Women's Army Corps during World War 2.]]> 2020-01-14 02:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/431107292 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433225769 For many African Americans, the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Blacks joined the military in large numbers, escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet, like the rest of America in the 1940s, the armed forces were segregated.]]> 2020-01-18 05:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433225769 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226201 Because of the war and the men who were enlisted, it left the industrial labor force empty.  Many women worked as industrial workers. By 1945 nearly one in four married women worked outside the home. Between 1940 and 1945 the amount of women in the work force went from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent. ]]> 2020-01-18 05:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226201 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226605 During WW2 there was a heavy burden on U.S, supplies like food, shoes, paper, metal and rubber. So the government issued a system called rationing. Rationing involved setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items. The government issued a number of “points” to each person, even babies, which had to be turned in along with money to purchase goods made with restricted items.]]> 2020-01-18 05:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226605 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226840  The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was in charge of the rationing program set up but the government. It relied heavily on volunteers to hand out the ration books and explain the system to consumers and merchants. By the end of the war, about 5,600 local rationing boards staffed by over 100,000 citizen volunteers were administering the program.]]> 2020-01-18 05:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433226840 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227190 Money was needed to aid the war. War bonds were formaly used in WW1. dsWar bonds were sold at 75 percent of face value (a $25 bond sold for $18.75) and matured over ten years. While the rate of return was below market value, bonds were a stable investment with the bonus of aiding the war effort. Channeling cash into bond purchases helped prevent inflation in the robust wartime economy as well.]]> 2020-01-18 05:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227190 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227276 The United Sates forced 120,000 people of Japanese ancestors who mostly lived in the pacific coast into concentration camps and forced to live there for serveral years. Mostly children. Some died from guards and some from lack of medical care and even stress. he internment is considered to have resulted more from racism than from any security risk posed by Japanese Americans.]]> 2020-01-18 05:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227276 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227605 To attract U.S. citizens to jobs in support of the war effort, the government created the Office of War Information. June 13, 1942, photographers documented American life and culture by showing aircraft factories, members of the armed forces, and women in the workforce. Using propaganda, the Office of War aimed to inspire patriotic fervor in the American public. ]]> 2020-01-18 06:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227605 coltenwells https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227789 The war production board turned industries from peacetime work to war needs. They prioritized distribution of materials and supplies needed to make sure they were being used for the war efforcts with first priority.]]> 2020-01-18 06:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/coltenwells/bw3sktb5g5g/wish/433227789