https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5 Life in the U.S. during World War II. The American Homefront. Rosie The Riveter. Why people entered the war. en-us 2018-04-24 19:30:30 UTC 2018-05-14 00:01:33 UTC hello@padlet.com jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258330806 Mostly everyone was expected to be active or enter the war, but it was said to be around sixteen million men, mostly younger men that entered the war.]]> 2018-05-06 18:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258330806 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258331386 Women would often be put into workforces or would often be expected to work the jobs that men would mainly work. Women were often got the name of "Rosie The Riveter" which came from a song during the war. Before the war, women would only work for a few years and then would be expected to leave their jobs when they became married and had children. When the war did begin, the government often encouraged women to join the workforce, to do jobs that they normally did not do before, and by 1943, over six million women had entered the workforce.]]> 2018-05-06 18:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258331386 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258331901 During the war, some of the things that started to become very popular were Radios, and Hollywood movies. Radios were very popular because it gave people updates about the war. Hollywood movies were popular for kids because it is said to be their "windows to the war". Music was also very popular during the war because it helped lift the spirits of people]]> 2018-05-06 18:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258331901 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258332190 Men would enter the war mainly because it was expected. A major reason why men had entered the war was because of a strong sense of patriotism. Also there was the draft. The draft required that men of certain requirements be put into the war, basically those men had to enter the war. When the war began, millions of men left factory jobs to fight overseas.]]> 2018-05-06 19:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258332190 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258332709 After the war began, some changes that began to happen were an increase in birth rates, female alcoholism went up, divorce rates went up, and romances were also increasing. ]]> 2018-05-06 19:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258332709 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258333213 Some of the impacts that happened during the war was job rates, bankruptcy, war production, and lots more. One main thing that opened up for women was new opportunities. Because of the war, many jobs opened up for people. ]]> 2018-05-06 19:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258333213 jenna_lambert_2022 https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258343114 Children during the war mainly tried to help out, whether it was helping for money or for jobs. Kids were collecting and squishing cans, and gathered milkweed for safety vests. Some kids would often go out into alleys, back roads, ditches, they really went anywhere to find something out of metal because you could get a penny for a single pound of basically anything. For many of the children, Hollywood movies were very popular because they were their "windows to the war". Most kids from 7-11 years of age would often play games that had to do with war because they were interested to know more about it.]]> 2018-05-06 20:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jenna_lambert_2022/od1eq39ya0d5/wish/258343114