Chapter 17 The USA in WWII

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Chapter 17The USA in WWII

• Section 1
• Mobilization on the Home Front

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December 7, 1941Japanese attack on Pearl
HarborUSA enters WWII
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Japan expectation that the weak Americans would
respond with fear and despair was meet with
American RAGE
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Man the Guns Recruiting poster
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Admiral Yamamoto

• "I can run wild for six months ... after that, I
  have no expectation of success.
• "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping
  giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

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GI Government IssueGI Joe

• Eight Weeks of Basic Training

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Two Front War

• Demand for more service men lead to
• Women Factory Workers and
• WAAC

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General George Marshall

• Chief of Staff suggested the use of Women in
  Non-Combat Roles

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WAACWomen's Auxiliary Army Corp
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Women and Minority Groupsreceive lower pay then
whites.Women receive no pension or retirement
funBlack troops were segregated and did not go
into combat until late in the war.
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FDR issue Executive Order banning
discrimination in hiring

• Threats by
• A. Philip Randolph of an Minority March on
  Washington DC forced his hand.

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Government hires Scientist to work on

• Weapons
• Medicine
• Nutrition
• Fuel
• Radar
• Sonar

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One of your all time Favorites comes out of WWII
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Hollywood joins the War Effortmaking many
Escapist Movies
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And beyond Movies many Hollywood Stars enlist

• James Stewart flew combat missions over Germany
  in B17 B-24 Bombers

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Clark Cablealso joined the Air Force and flew in
combat over Europe

• Gone with the Wind and the 75 Drop in T-shirt
  sales were replaced with

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Pvt. Joe LewisAfrican-American Boxer1938
Heavyweight Champion of the WorldDefeat German
Max Schmelling
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NiseiJapanese-Americans interned in Camps

• Many lost homes,
• Business and Jobs
• Because of the fear, real and imagined, of
  Japanese Spies
• And
• Racism

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Mazanar
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Relocation Camps
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Later many Nisei served with honor and valor the
Nation that denied them their constitutional right

• Many never came home!

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Rationing

• Both for conservation and to aid the War Effort

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Office of Price Administration

• Government Agency that help fight inflation by
  setting prices and supply