https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko en-us 2019-01-09 15:47:18 UTC 2019-01-18 13:27:03 UTC hello@padlet.com oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318839359 -someone who enlists in the military by their own will-
During the war, almost 40% of servicemen were volunteers. They were given the opportunity to choose which branch they wanted to serve in, so people were encouraged to join the military before they were drafted. Draftees couldn't choose their branch after they were selected, but people still tried to avoid being picked.]]> 2019-01-09 15:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318839359 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842185 -a draft requiring people, by law, to serve in the military-
The draft was created on September 6, 1940. More than 60% of soldiers were in war because of it. By 1942, men from age 18-64 were randomly selected to serve in the military. These people were drawn out of everyday life, from any background. By the end of the war, more than 50 million men registered and 10 million were selected for service.]]> 2019-01-09 15:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842185 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842288 -women's branch of services in the military-
The auxiliary services started on May 15, 1942, when Roosevelt signed a bill allowing women to be in the military. Women had different branches to serve in, like the WASP, WAVES, SPARS, or WAC. In December of 1941, 350,000 women served in these branches. 70% of women who entered military services had no experience in that type of work. ]]> 2019-01-09 15:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842288 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842643 -people who served, but were not completely American-
Military Groups wouldn't allow any race other than whites to fight the war, but as it went on, America was in need of more soldiers. There was discrimination on the home front and in the military. Japanese Americans were picked from internment camps to go to war and African Americans, who made up about 11% of the army, were kept separate from whites when training. But when James Thompson refused to go to war for a country that didn't accept him, the Double V campaign caught on. After the war, still not all races were given full rights, but this was the beginning of the civil rights movement.]]> 2019-01-09 15:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318842643 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843094 -women who worked in the factories-
As men were shipped off to war, women took over in the industrial district. More than 300,000 women worked with US aircrafts, making up 65% of the industry's total workforce. The government used "Rosie the Riveter" as a kind of propaganda to bring women into the workforce to replace men in support of the war. By 1944, the female workforce grew 6.5 million and 37% of all laborers were women.]]> 2019-01-09 15:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843094 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843221 -controlled inflation by setting prices and wages-
Established in April of 1941, the OPA was in charge of rationing items and setting limitation on what you could use. One type of rationing solution was not allowing drivers to own more than five tires at a time. They also limited people on how much gasoline and food one could buy. Because of the restrictions, a black market came about and an estimated 25% of everything bought during the war was done so illegally.]]> 2019-01-09 15:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843221 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843305 - materials would go to the military and families would only get a minimum amount of things-
The US shifted from consumer production to war production, completely changing the way of life. Food was mainly sent to the military and instead of making everyday needs like cars, they made airplanes and ships. Because there was a shortage of these materials on the homefront, the OPA established rationing system boards. More than 8,000 of these boards took part in fairly distributing anything in short supply to consumers.]]> 2019-01-09 15:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843305 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843409 -removed money from circulation, prevented inflation-
These were sold to more than 134 million Americans. They acted like a loan to the government to help finance the war effort. Sports, celebrities, and radio urged people to buy war bonds. A 16-hour radio broadcast raised $40 million towards war bonds, while a baseball game raised more than $56 million from buying war bonds as the admission price.]]> 2019-01-09 15:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843409 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843539 -phrase used to support sending military aid to nations fighting against Axis powers-
FDR used this term when he promised to give the UK military supplies to help them fight Germany. By 1945, the US had made more than 96,000 bombers, 86,000 tanks, 2.4 million trucks, 6.5 million rifles, and billions of dollars towards other supplies to support the war effort. After the war ended, the effort created more than 20 million jobs over the next couple decades. ]]> 2019-01-09 15:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843539 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843690 -supervised war production-
Created in January 1942, first to help with mobilization, it supervised the production of more than $185 billion of weapons and other supplies. After three years, it was ended in November of 1945.]]> 2019-01-09 15:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843690 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843941 -created propaganda to convince people to support and help with the war-
Created on June 13, 1942, it was created to attract people to jobs helping the war. They used radio, posters, newspapers, and more to get information out to the people. There were over 200,000 poster designs throughout the war, all supporting the effort. Most work was done overseas, and the US congress didn't like that, so it was ended on August 31, 1945.]]> 2019-01-09 15:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318843941 oliviawykert https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318844319 -forced relocation and incarceration of Americans with Japanese ancestry-
With the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans feared that Japanese Americans were secretly working for Japan. The people pushed Roosevelt to take action, so on February 19, 1942, he issued an order to relocate 120,000 Japanese Americans, even though about 2/3 were born in America.]]> 2019-01-09 15:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawykert/xo6m301ikyko/wish/318844319