Transcript Mobilizing for War Notes - Streetsboro City Schools

World War II
Mobilizing
for
Defense
Selective Service System
Required men to register
for military service. Will raise
an additional 10 million men
during World War II.
War Production Board
The WPB decided which companies
would convert from peacetime to
wartime production and allocated
raw materials to key industries
Office of Price Administration
Fought
inflation
by
freezing
wages,
prices,
and rents.
Rationing
The OPA rationed foods such
as meat, butter, cheese, sugar,
vegetables, and coffee.
Victory Gardens
War Bonds
The Department of Treasury issued war bonds to raise money for the war
effort and to fight inflation.
YouTube - Bugs Bunny War Bond Drive WW2 Cartoon
Office of Scientific Research and Development
The OSRD spurred improvements in radar and sonar, pesticides like
DDT, miracle drugs such as penicillin and the atomic bomb.
Women
During WWII, women were actively
recruited into what had been nontraditional work for women, including
such jobs as welding, machinist,
construction, and bus and truck
driving. The image of “Rosie the
Riveter” was used to encourage
women to join the workforce.
Rosie-Video
“Rosie the Riveter”
African-Americans in WW 2
• There were 698,911 African-Americans in
the Army at the end of June (1944) and
361,456 of them were serving overseas. A
breakdown of the total Negro strength of the
Army were as follows:
• Infantry - 44,869
Coast and Field Artillery - 38,517
Cavalry - 1,473
Engineers - 128,789
Air Corps - 79,027
And all other branches - 406,236.
• There are 5,957 officers, including 102
dental officers, 213 nurses, 508 Medical
Corps officers and 239 chaplains
• YouTube - African Americans in World War
II
Entertainment Industry
In addition to promoting war bonds,
Hollywood churned out waroriented propaganda films like
Hitler, Beast of Berlin.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard