Transcript WWII - MrsNewby2010

Happy Thursday!
Agenda:
Science Passage—Get from
my chair and start working on
22A.
WWII—The American Front
Science Passage
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You will have 10 minutes to finish
this packet. We will then go over it
as a class.
BACKGROUND
We have already learned about WWII
on the European front, but America
had a different point of view.
American was not in the midst of the
battle grounds, but still had a lot to
offer.
When Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, the United
States found itself in the war it had sought to avoid
for more than two years. Mobilizing the economy
for world war finally cured the depression. Millions
of men and women joined the armed forces, and
even larger numbers went to work in well-paying
defense jobs. World War Two affected the world
and the United States profoundly; it continues to
influence
us even today.
Movies
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Patriotic
Escapism
• Adventure
• Romance
• Comedy
Patriotic
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Since You Went
Away, 1944
Casablanca, 1942
Yankee Doodle
Dandy, 1942
Escapism
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Wizard of Oz, 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington, 1939
Gone With the
Wind, 1940
Fantasia, 1940
The More the
Merrier, 1943
Women in the Work Force
Baseball
With men off to war, women were
needed to keep baseball going.
The All-American Girls Baseball League
was formed. (Think “League of Their
Own”)
Music
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Jazz
• Louis Armstrong
• Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby singing to Troops
Actors Job
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With less movies being made, more
actors had time to go overseas and
entertain our troops.
How to Pay for the War
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War Bonds
• This is when people would lend money to the
government with the guarantee of interest
when the money was given back.
• People believed this was the best way to help
“their boys” come back.
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Victory Gardens
• With more supplies going overseas, people
were asked to start their own gardens and
grow their food.
How to Pay for the War
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Recycling Drives
• Paper
• Scrap Metal
• Anything that could be reused or sent
overseas.
Propaganda
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Just like in Germany, America had
Propaganda to get their viewpoint
across as well.
The most common propaganda was
to prove how Hitler was wrong and
that Foreigners were going to get
back at us.
There was fear
that people
would talk and
let government
secrets out
about our ships.
Disney Propaganda
American Generals
Rationing
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People were asked to grow their own
food.
Since the supply of certain materials
was so short, many people had
coupon books telling them what they
could get and how much of it they
could.
Using War Ration Coupon Books
Sugar Rationing
Sugar
Rationing
Japanese Internment Camp
President Truman Announces
Japanese Surrender
Celebrating the end of the war
Prisoners of War
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The United States had many
prisoners of war which were kept on
American Soil.
They were normally placed in small
towns in the country where no one
would know where they were.
Captured German Soldiers
Japanese Prisoners of War
Pictures of the 1940’s
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While some of America was more
challenged than others, there was
still some fun to life in America.