The document provides an overview of how the United States mobilized for World War II. It discusses how the war effort led to an economic boom that ended the Great Depression through increased production. It also describes how the federal government greatly expanded to coordinate the war mobilization through agencies like the War Production Board and Office of Price Administration. Finally, it examines the impact of the war on various groups at home, including how women entered the workforce, African Americans faced continued discrimination but also took on important roles, and Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to internment camps.

1. World War II
THE UNITED STATES
AND THE WAR
MS. KEEN

2. MOBILIZING FOR
WAR
1. Production Boom
2. Government Expansion
3. Directing The Economy
4. Raising An Army

3. PRODUCTION
BOOM
* INCREASE IN PRODUCTION
CREATED AN ECONOMIC
BOOM THAT ENDED THE
GREAT DEPRESSION

4. GOVERNMENT
EXPANSION
*MOBILIZING REQUIRED A GREATLY EXPANDED
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
*1942 WAR PRODUCTION BOARD (WPB)
- INCREASE MILITARY PRODUCTION
- CONVERT FACTORIES TO WARTIME PRODUCTION
- ASSIGN RAW MATERIALS TO INDUSTRY
*1943 OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION (OWM)
- COORDINATED GOV. AGENCIES INVOLVED IN WAR EFFORT
-COORDINATED PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION OF
CONSUMER GOODS

5. DIRECTING THE
ECONOMY
*GOV. HAD TO EXPAND IT’S CONTROL OVER THE
ECONOMY TO PAY FOR THE WAR
*INCREASED THE INCOME TAX
*SOLD WAR BONDS

6. ECONOMY
*OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION (OPA)
- SET MAXIMUM PRICES & RATIONED ITEMS
*GAS
*TIRES
*COFFEE
*SUGAR
*MEAT
*BUTTER

7. RAISING AN ARMY
*SUMMER 1940 U.S. CALLED THE NATIONAL GAURD
TO ACTIVE DUTY & PASSED THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
ACT (DRAFT)
-FIRST PEACETIME DRAFT IN U. S. HISTORY
Conscientious Objector - Someone that would be exempt
from the draft because of their religious beliefs.

8. The Home Front
1. Promoting The War
2. Life On The Home Front
3. Minorities During The War
4. Discrimination During The War

9. PROMOTING THE
WAR
THE GOV. TRIED TO KEEP MORALE HIGH.
ENCOURAGED THE MEDIA TO DO THEIR PART
*MOVIE STARS ADVERTISE WAR BONDS & WENT
OVERSEAS TO ENTERTAIN TROOPS.
*100S OF WAR MOVIES
*RADIO BROUGHT THE WAR INTO AMERICANS’
HOMES

11. LIFE DURING
WARTIME
DAILY LIFE DID NOT CHANGE RADICALLY,
HOWEVER SACRIFICES WERE MADE.
*VICTORY GARDENS- 20 MILLION
*RATIONING
*NIGHTTIME BLACKOUTS

12. LIFE DURING
WARTIME
MUSIC
* SONGS CAPTURED THE HARSH REALITY OF WAR
* “GOD BLESS AMERICA”, BY IRVING BERLIN BECAME
A SORT OF UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL ANTHEM.
* BIG-BAND SWING REMAINED POPULAR

13. LIFE DURING
WARTIME
BOOKS
* NONFICTION BECAME MORE POPULAR
* 1939 - PAPERBACK BOOKS

14. MINORITIES
WOMEN - LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY
* GOV. NOW URGED WOMEN TO
ENTER THE JOB MARKET
* ROSIE THE RIVETER - SYMBOL OF
PATRIOTIC FEMALE DEFENSE
WORKERS
* PAID LESS * SEEN AS
TEMPORARY

15. MINORITIES
* CUT TIME * OVER 400 SERVED
IN 1/2
NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
* 1942 MARINE SIGNAL CORPS ORGANIZED A UNIT
OF NAVAJO TO USE THEIR LANGUAGE TO CREATE A
CODE
* THEIR CODES WERE NEVER BROKEN

16. MINORITIES
ALL-BLACK UNIT TRAINED IN
OF TUSKEGEE
FIGHTER PILOTS ALABAMA
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
* BY THE END OF THE WAR THEY WERE THE ONLY U.
S. ESCORT GROUP THAT HAD NOT LOST A SINGLE
BOMBER TO ENEMY PLANES!!

17. DISCRIMINATION
DURING THE WAR
MANY BLACK WORKERS MOVED INTO BETTER PAYING JOBS
& PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT.
* SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS
* KEPT OUT OF COMBAT
* ASSIGNED LOW-LEVEL WORK
* MANY WAR PLANTS WOULD NOT HIRE AF-AM
* JUNE 1941 - FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE (FEPC) TO
ENFORCE F. ROOSEVELT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER FORBIDDING RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION IN DEFENSE PLANTS AND GOV. OFFICES.

18. DISCRIMINATION
*BITTER PREJUDICE *FASHION FAD OF
& RESENTMENT YOUNG MEX.-AM.
THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS
*1942 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO
ALLOWED 1,000S OF MEXICAN FARM & RAILROAD
WORKERS INTO THE U.S. TO WORK DURING WWII
*TENSION ERUPTED IN JUNE 1943 IN L.A.
U.S. SOLDIERS BEGAN ATTACKING MEX-AM YOUTH.

19. DISCRIMINATION
JAPANESE INTERNMENT - FORCED RELOCATION &
IMPRISONMENT OF JAP.-AM. LIVING ON THE WEST
COAST
*120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE ROUNDED UP
AND FORCED INTO CAMPS