https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m U.S. History en-us 2020-01-10 14:02:57 UTC 2024-07-30 18:49:14 UTC hello@padlet.com hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/429971269 On September 16, 1940 the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. This required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register to draft. This was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Around 10 million men were drafted into the war and 5 million volunteered. 250,000 men also served in military branches in noncombat roles. ]]> 2020-01-10 14:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/429971269 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418403 George Marshall pushed for the formation of Women's military auxiliary services. This bill allowed women volunteers to serve in noncombat roles. A few weeks after the bill was passed a Texas newspaper put out a call for recruits. More than 13,000 women applied on the first day. In all around 350,000 women served in some kind of service during the war. Women worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricians, and pilots. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418403 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418553 Ethics minorities served in the U.S. armed forces during WWII. All citizens were equally subject to draft. All minorities were given the same rate of pay. There were 13,311 Chinese, 20,080 Japanese, 1320 Hawaiians and many more. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418553 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418664 Around 350,000 women joined the military during World War II. Women worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work. In 1944, about 37 percent of all adult women were employed. As many as 543 women died in war related incidents. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418664 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418743 The war production was increasing and there were fewer consumer products for purchase. Roosevelt then created the Office of Price Administration. This fought inflation by freezing the prices on goods. Congress raised income tax rates and extended tax to people who haven't paid it before. As a result inflation remained below 30 percent about half that of World War I and for the entire period of WWII.]]> 2020-01-16 14:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418743 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418828 The OPA set up a system for rationing. Each household received a ration book with coupons to be used in order to buy scarce products like meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline. Gas rationing was hard for some who lived in the western region because it was their only way to get around. Americans mostly accepted rationing as a contribution to war effort. So many people would carpool or would ride bikes to save gasoline. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418828 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418932 War bonds are debt securities issued by the government that were used to finance military operations and other stuff during war time. Living in the U.S. during WW2 meant most were only earning around $2000 a year. Around 134 million Americans bought war bonds to help fund the war. Stamps could be bought starting at 10 cents. At the end of the war people then got their money back plus interest. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432418932 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419000 The War Production Board was to ensure that the armed forces and war industries were getting the supplies that they needed. The WPB decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime in order to make supplies for the war. The WPB also organized drives to collect scrap iron, tin cans, paper, rags, and cooking fat. A one five month long paper drive in Chicago was held and schoolchildren collect 36 million pounds of old paper which was around 65 pounds per child. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419000 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419105 The Office of War Information was an agency during WWII that were in charge of propaganda. They controlled the content and imagery of the war messages. There were over 200,000 propaganda posters that were designed, created, and printed during WWII. The Office of War Information operated from June 1942 until September 1945. ]]> 2020-01-16 14:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419105 hannahthornwall https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419186 On February 19, 1942 an order was signed by FDR requiring the removal of Japanese ancestry. Over 110,000 Japanese Americans and about 2/3 were people who were born in the U.S. There were 10 different internment camps around the U.S. Families were allowed to taking bedding and linens, toilet articles, extra clothing, and utensils. The camps had rules such as twice a day roll calls and lights out by 10:30 p.m. Mail was also censored and visitors were allowed but only from 1-4:30 and they could not stand within 10 feet of the fence. Families were crowded together in rooms with no running water. There was barbed wire and armed guards that surrounded the camps.]]> 2020-01-16 14:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthornwall/uiscmu6vfe1m/wish/432419186