Name: ______

American Home Front During WWII and the Treatment of Different Groups

World War II changed the face of the United States in numerous ways.

The American Home Front

World War II had a major impact on lives of all Americans, even those who did not fight in the war.

Mobilizing for War

  1. U.S. government and ______forged a close working relationship to allocate resources effectively.
  2. Factory production changed from consumer goods to ______supplies.

Example: car manufacturing to ______manufacturing

Food Rationing

______was used to maintain supply of essential products to the war effort.

  1. Each person was limited to a certain amount of scarce goods
  2. Coupons required to purchase gas, meat, butter

War Bonds

War bonds and ______tax were used for financing the war.

Human Resources

  1. More women and minorities entered the labor force as men entered the armed forces.
  2. Citizens ______in support of the war effort

Military Resources

The draft/selective service was used to provide personnel forthe ______

Women during WWII

•Woman increasingly participated in the workforce to replace men serving in the ______

•“Rosie the______” was the new role model for women.

•______million women went to work in the new defense industries

•By 1943, women =1/3 of the workforce and 65% of the ______industry

Minority Participation

•African Americans generally served in ______military units and were assigned to noncombat roles but demanded the right to serve in combat rather than support roles

All Minority Units

•______: African American fighter pilots

•______regiments: Asian-American Units

•______code-talkers

•The language was not ______

•Difficult for Axis Powers to decipher code

•Mexican Americans also fought, but in ______units

•Minority units suffered high casualties and won numerous unit citations and individual medals forcourage in battle

What was the result of the Holocaust?

The ______Trials

-After the war, the SS, the German Gestapo, Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes.

-The Nuremburg Trials emphasized ______responsibility, regardless of orders received.

-The trials led to increased demand for a ______homeland.

Internment of Japanese Americans

Reasons for ______

1)Strong anti-Japanese sentiment on the ______Coast

2)False belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy

Japanese Americans were re-located to Internment camps.

Executive Order #9______

Japanese Americans must be relocated to internment camps

  1. Had one week to prepare and could only take what they could carry
  2. Moved to ten over-crowded camps with sub-standard housing

Korematsu v the United States

-Japanese-American Internment Camp Survivors sought a ruling on the ______of Executive Order #9066

______: each surviving internee received $20,000 from the government and an apology

Media/Communications assistance

  1. U.S. government maintained strict ______of reporting of the war.
  2. Public ______and ad campaigns kept Americans focused on the war effort.

The ______Industry boosted morale and patriotic support for the war effort as well as portrayed the enemy in stereotypical ways