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Mobilizing for War
- Mobilize- when a unit becomes active. They could become active for training or for a war.
- The United States had a draft in 1940, 1.6 million men and woman in the army in 1941, and we had produced a ton of guns, planes, tanks, and ships that were built.
- ration- The supplies was limited, rations were given so the supplies was spread equally for all.
- Sugar, meat, and coffee were supplies that were rationed during WWI
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Rosie the River represented all the woman who worked in the factories during the war
Women during World War II
- woman had a huge impact during the war
- 258,000 woman joined the armed forces
- they did mens jobs, such as lumberjacks, blast furnace operators, blacksmiths, doctors, chemists, lawyers
- black woman benefited, they got higher positions and more were able to work
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The Tuskegee Airmen,
the African American
pilots who fought in WWII
African-Americans During The War
- Racial segregation and the war
- 1 million black soldiers
- less discrimination than WWI
- segregation still did exist
- Black Americans and the home front
- A man named Philip Randolph fought for racial equality
- blacks moved to the cities for more work in the factories (same thing happened in WWI)
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This a map of where the camps were located
Japanese-Americans During World War II
- During WWII the Americans put the Japanese Americans into internment camps or "War Relocation Camps".
- This happened because Americans were afraid Japanese Americans could be spies and Something in relation to Pearl Harbor could happen again. They were afraid of another Disaster.
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This is a propaganda poster from the United States
Propaganda
propaganda is an influential way to influence people to want something that they did not originally want.
propaganda is an influential way to influence people to want something that they did not originally want.