https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1 en-us 2018-01-10 15:30:12 UTC 2018-01-22 18:26:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220355849  Volunteerism is the use or involvement of volunteer labor. During world war 2 many Americans volunteered by enlisting in the war or work. An example of this would be the movement of women volunteering in jobs to create and ship weapons to battles. Also through propaganda (like posters or campaigns) they helped persuade people to enlist in the war. ]]> 2018-01-10 19:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220355849 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220355861 Definition: War Bonds are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations.
Relation: The U.S. government spent more than $300 billion during WWII. In order to help finance the war the government issue the bonds to help circulate money for when the take money out in order to pay for war it would not cause inflation in the stock market.]]> 2018-01-10 19:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220355861 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220356697 The Tuskegee Airman were established by the Army Air Forces. The Airman are African American Pilots who served in WWII. The Tuskegee Airman achieved a number of successes, they also served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy in the War. Theses Airmen made a pioneering contribution to the war . They also had a subsequent drive to end racial segregation in the American Armed Forces.]]> 2018-01-10 19:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220356697 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220358886 The U.S, military used the Navajo language as a code in order to transmit messages. Tribe members would travel with the troops in order to voice/transmit important messages. This was the ONLY wartime code that was never broken.]]> 2018-01-10 19:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220358886 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220453346 The war offered many minorities an opportunity to remove themselves from poverty and economic depression. The US armed forces were very segregated, there were separate black infantry regiments and white commanders were assigned to them. The Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) was created in 1941 to implement Executive Order 8802 by FDR. It was created with the purpose of "banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work".]]> 2018-01-11 04:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220453346 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220731603 Definition: The people buying more products than the normal rate.
War needs directly consumed over one-third of the output industry, but the expanded productivity ensured a remarkable supply of consumer goods despite the wartime rationing. Far a time the government became the purchaser of one-half of all the goods produced by the American people.]]> 2018-01-11 18:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220731603 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220739620 The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first ever nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. It was active from 1942 to 1946 and was disbanded on August 15, 1947. While it was active, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.]]> 2018-01-11 18:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220739620 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220739886 Women's employment increased in the second World War. Women became an asset toward war efforts. They were auxiliaries towards to Armed Forces, Civil Defense, and War Industries. They provided help in war efforts. Women worked in industries doing "men's work" to help build ships and planes. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220739886 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220740868 This was when the Western Allies of World War II launched the biggest invasion of history when they attacked Normandy. Took place in 1944, also known as Operation Overlord. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220740868 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741115 2018-01-11 18:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741115 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741123 Business growth during WW2 was a large part of helping the US overcome the Great Depression. 17 million new jobs were created and productivity increased by 97%. Because of the high demand for war materials, technology improved and thousands of Americans were working in both businesses and the military in order to provide for the war. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741123 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741147 This was the codename for the battle of normandy. The battle of normandy was when the allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy on the western front of france on June 6, 1944. Allies were able to infiltrate german occupied france. This invasion marked the turning point of WWII.]]> 2018-01-11 18:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741147 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741292 This campaign was the African-American struggle to gain full citizenship during the World War II years. The slogan was "victory abroad over Nazism and victory  at home over racism and inequality." This campaign became official by Robert Vann's Pittsburgh Courier in 1942 and emerged from the black internationalism during the late 1930's. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741292 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741609 The 32nd president led the united states of america from isolationism to victory over Nazi Germany. His legislative program, the new deal, greatly expanded the role of the federal government in american society. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741609 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741618 Gardens consisting of fruits, vegetables and herbs located on private residencys and pubic parks. These gardens were many Americans ways of contributing to the war effort. With lots of food they could supply not only American citizens, and military but also our Allies that depended on us for food.]]> 2018-01-11 18:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741618 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741789 In the spring of 1942, the Food Rationing Program was set into motion. Rationing would deeply affect the American way of life for most. The federal government needed to control supply and demand. Rationing was introduced to avoid public anger with shortages and not to allow only the wealthy to purchase commodities. ]]> 2018-01-11 18:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741789 jacob_kelly1 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741919 The Flying Tigers were the first American volunteer group of the Chinese Air Force. They were composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. The shark-faced nose art of the Flying Tigers remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of World War II.]]> 2018-01-11 18:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220741919 lauren_beczak https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220742413 This was where so many people were enlisting into the army and it became too hard to process. The War Dept and Navy Dept blocked blocking military enlistments in early WWII because there were too many people enlisting. There were so many that they could not process them all. They ended up switching to using Selective Services, or drafting, throughout most of the war to help with processing and sending them where people were needed.]]> 2018-01-11 19:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220742413 jacob_kelly1 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220743156 2018-01-11 19:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220743156 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220743639 Agriculture production grew significantly during WW2 due to the need to supply soldiers with food and energy to fight. The farming industries net growth almost tripled during the time with farmers net income going from around $700 to almost $2100. ]]> 2018-01-11 19:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220743639 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744062 The America's Industries in WWII was engaged in the greatest military industrial effort in history. When aircraft companies went from building a handful of planes at a time to building them by the thousands on assembly lines.]]> 2018-01-11 19:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744062 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744288 The Death march took place on April 3 and ended of April 4 of 1942. The Japanese forced 76,000 captures Allied Soldiers to march around 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. the intent to kill, Brutalize, weaken and demoralize as many captives as possible during the march. There was about 20,000 soldiers that died during it.]]> 2018-01-11 19:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744288 kenny_huynh1 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744784 Battle of Midway was a turning point of the war in the pacific between united states and Japan. 
The battle took place over four days between June 4th and June 7th in 1942.]]> 2018-01-11 19:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220744784 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220745828 Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.]]> 2018-01-11 19:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220745828 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220745987 Was the 33rd president following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Made the decision to drop the atomic bomb against japan. He spent his last two decades living in Missouri,, where he established his library.]]> 2018-01-11 19:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220745987 https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220746390 The war helped the US get out of the depression because we made and sold military supplies to the allies, So the allies owned the US money. Also the need for manufacturing jobs greatly increased which gave american their jobs.  ]]> 2018-01-11 19:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/clee31/nllihe0dc9c1/wish/220746390