https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k en-us 2021-01-25 16:16:05 UTC 2024-02-09 20:12:34 UTC hello@padlet.com adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177558506 After the bombing of pearl harbor the U.S needed troops bad and even though 5 million were already in the army. The service made Americans above the age of 18  to enter the draft and they chose 10 million people to help out in war. They were sent across to bases for 8 weeks of training ]]> 2021-02-08 15:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177558506 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177595530 U.S needed all the help they could get, so George Marshall pushed for the women army corps. In his eyes there were jobs women could do better than men. The women would get salary and benefits. They worked as nurses, drivers, pilots, engineers basically anything that was not combat.]]> 2021-02-08 15:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177595530 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177632557 During the war many minorities especially African Americans, Natives, and Mexicans were segregated and didn't have the basic human rights. They were thinking that since they don't have rights they shouldn't have to fight for a country that doesn't fight for their rights. Even though this was going on 300,000 Mexicans joined and around 1 million African Americans joined. There was still segregation in the army they had their own camps and own training.]]> 2021-02-08 15:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177632557 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177673824 The war needed lots of supplies and people in the country were getting less supplies and prices shot upwards. Roosevelt created the Office of Price Administration (OPA). The OPA fought inflation by freezing prices and raised income taxes, which causes less goods and less money to spend. ]]> 2021-02-08 15:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177673824 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177742822 2021-02-08 16:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177742822 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177744865 The OPA also set up a Rationing method for the military needs. Each home was sent a rationing book and coupons to buy scarce things like meat, shoes, sugar, and gas. Gas rationing was really hard on people who lived in western, where driving was the only way to get around. Some people cheated it by hoarding goods or got them on the Black Market]]> 2021-02-08 16:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177744865 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177837262 2021-02-08 16:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177837262 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177840775 The Department of Treasury issued war bonds to help raise money for the war. 85 million Americans bought it during WW2 which kept inflation underneath 30% and raised 125 million dollars.]]> 2021-02-08 16:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1177840775 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179190518 2021-02-08 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179190518 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179192072 This was a phrase used by FDR to describe the US since we were sending support to the nations fighting the Axis powers. He also said the US must become "the great arsenal of democracy"  to fight dictatorship. ]]> 2021-02-08 20:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179192072 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179225690 2021-02-08 20:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179225690 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179228031 The board was responsible for rationing materials for the war like fuel, oil, metals, rubber, and plastic. They would decided which companies convert from peacetime to war time production. They also had drives where they would go across America asking everyone for junk. During one drive in Chicago kids alone collected 36 million pounds of old paper. All of these resources were used in the war to help win]]> 2021-02-08 20:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179228031 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179261631 2021-02-08 20:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179261631 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179264721 The OWI was created after Pearl Harbor it was used for propaganda to get U.S citizens to hate Nazi's and Japanese. They made films like Mission to Moscow to glorify our new ally in the soviet union and films to show how bad nazis were]]> 2021-02-08 20:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179264721 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179294800 2021-02-08 20:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179294800 adambrooks https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179298763 After the bombing of pearl harbor Japanese Americans faced a lot of discrimination. Japanese families were stripped of their houses, businesses, and properties. They were sent to camps that were little sheds with no bathroom or furniture. They were surrounded by barbed wire and guns pointed at them, they had their own community in there. They all had jobs and had school but it was like a prison. ]]> 2021-02-08 20:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adambrooks/flw34nk2lctktj5k/wish/1179298763