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A SEPARATE PEACE: GENE’S ELECTRONIC
TIME CAPSULE
< One of the most famous posters for the American women to
rise up to fill the roles of men at home.
Uncle Sam made
a big reapperance
during WW2 >
Encourages Americans
to not talk about troop
movements.>
War
Bond
Advrt.
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>
Save money
and gas by
joining a car
club.
AMERICAN PROPAGANDA POSTER URLS
We can do it: http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-evolution-of-propagandadesign-us-retro-posters-122.aspx
Uncle Sam: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/american.htm
Car sharing club: http://www.vanishedamericana.com/wwii/world-war-ii-ca-sharingpropaganda-poster/
Japanese war bonds: http://mcc10n3.blogspot.com/
Nazi shadow war bonds:
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/ww2/services/save1.htm
Puzzle piece: http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002p3/baker_p3_12-01_js/index.htm
GENE’S CLOTHING
Custom made Ivy
League suit to
where to school.
http://www.ivystyle.com/category/19
20s-40s/page/2
http://www.onlineshoes.com/mensdr-martens-1940-boot-black-finehaircell-p_id13539
Men’s combo
swing suit.
http://www.ioffer.com/
si/mens%20vintage
http://www.rustyzipper.com/m
ens/suits/40s50s
Popular G.I. shoes
http://beststuffformen.com/2009/10/1
7/get-your-mad-men-on-vintage-clothingand-costumes-for-halloween-and-beyondat-rusty-zipper/
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=b8738f1b
76821462&q=1940's%20teenage%20young%20men%20
clothing&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1940%2527s%2Bteenag
e%2Byoung%2Bmen%2Bclothing%26um%3D1%26hl%3De
n%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D989%26bih%3D6
46%26tbs%3Disch:1
http://vintageclothing.about.co
m/od/1940s/tp/40s-Men-s.htm
POPULAR 1940’S MOVIES
Pinocchio
(released in 1940)
http://www.imdb.
com/year/1940
The 1940s were a great
time to go to the movies
because so many of
them were being made
and here are a few.
The Grapes of Wrath
(released in 1940)
http://www.imdb.com
/year/1940
http://bogarttribute.net/films/casablanca.
shtml
Destination Tokyo
(released January 1944)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/
Mrs. Miniver was the biggest hit
film of the year (released 1942)
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/mrsminiver.html
Casablanca
(released in 1942)
During the 1940s Walt
Disney’s career began to
prosper with Fantasia in
1940, Dumbo in 1941,
and Bambi in 1942.
POPULAR 1940S ACTOR/ACTRESSES
The forties were a very big time movies (as seen in the last slide), same as for actors
and actresses.
Ginger Roberts
http://www.gingerrogers.com/ab
out/photo.html
Possibly the most famous
actress from the 1940s:
Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhi
bitions/marilyn_monroe/
Elizabeth Taylor
http://www.ohangelina.com/angelinajolie-elizabeth-taylor/
Autographed photo
of Jimmy Stewart.
http://www.texaslonghorn.us/
The%20Trophy%20Room.htm
Other famous actors and actresses
include Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford,
Lana Turner, Humphrey Bogart, Cary
Grant, and Hattie McDaniel.
POPULAR 194O’S SINGERS
Music in the 1940s consisted of a lot of jazz and big band styles. Some of the artists
who helped to create this musical era are pictured be low, and also Bing Crosby,
Glenn Miller, Cliff Edwards, Frank Sinatra, and many more.
http://niceandeasywaldomusic.blogspot.c
om/2010/08/countbasie-and-hisorchestra-basic.html
http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/
r/ro/rosemary_clooney.htm
http://www.examiner.com/swingand-big-band-in-national/jazzfestival-to-feature-artie-shaworchestra
Popular scat jazz singer as “The man
in the zoot suit with the reet pleats”
because he brought around a whole
new slang language: the 1940s
Shakespeare.
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Cab-CallowayBiography/70174F8FF5A9D51048256C2300077888
Dizzy Gillespie was known
for his puffy cheeks.
http://www.jazzpages.com/Deker/gillespi
e.htm
POPULAR 1940’S SONGS
Obviously there are hundreds of songs made during the 1940s, but here are six of
some of the most popular back then.
•
In the Mood – Glenn Miller
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When You Wish Upon a Star – Cliff Edwards
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I’ll never smile again – Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
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Only Forever – Bing Crosby
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Body & Soul – Coleman Hawkins
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When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano – The Ink Spots
POPULAR 1940’S AUTHORS AND BOOKS
AUTHORS:
•Gwendolyn Brooks
•F. Scott Fitzgerlad
•John Steinbeck
•Richard Wright
•Carl Carmer
•Ernest Hemingway
•Carson McCullers
•Raymond Chandler
•William Faulkner
BOOKS:
•The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by
Carson McCullers
•Farewell, My Lovely, by
Raymond Chandler
•For Whom the Bell Tolls by
Ernest Hemingway
•Intruder in the Dust by William
Faulkner
•The Last Tycoon by F. Scott
Fitzgerald
THE DRAFT
• Reintroduced in WW 1, the Selective Service Act of 1917 forced
all men from the ages of 18-30 to draft.
• Act was redone as the Selective Training and Service Act (STSA)
of 1940
• Pres. Roosevelt’s signing began the 1st peacetime draft in the US
• No more than 900,000 men to be in training at one time
• Men ages 18 – 45 liable for military service
• Required men 18 – 65 to register
Walter Olsang’s draft card;
registered in the Old Man’s
Draft of 1942.
http://fletcherfamilytree.wordpr
ess.com/2009/02/
THE DRAFT (CONTINUED)
• Limited service to 18 months
• Between 1940 and 1947 over 10 million men were inducted
• 1947 the Act was expired by Congress
• Replaced by a new act in 1948
• 1948 act said that all males 18-26 had to register
• Men from 19-26 liable for induction for 21 months service
followed by 5 years of reserve duty
WORLD WAR 2: PACIFIC BATTLES
One of the most important pacific battle was the Battle of Midway. In the battle of
Midway:
•
Japanese lost four aircraft carries and their best pilots
•
We only lost one carrier
•
First major American naval victory of WW2
Some say that the Battle of Britain turned the war because if they had lost the n the
war would have been over considering that Hitler would’ve controled all of Asia,
Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
The Battle of Coral Sea was a clash between carrier task forces:
•
May 7-8, 1942
•
Not one shot was traded
•
Heaviest losses were the U.S. carrier Lexington and the Japanese carrier Shoho
•
Japan withdrew
WORLD LEADERS: FDR
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 – 1945)
Helped America out of The Great Depression
At first followed a vast political opinion to remain neutral
Began to ally with Britain and Russia before actually entering the war
Pearl Harbor entered war
Knew before Pearl Harbor that they would eventually have to enter the war
Death in April 1945, briskly followed by the end of the war
http://open.salon.com/blog/david_cox
/2009/11/06/what_fdr_gave_us
WORLD LEADERS: HARRY TRUMAN, ADOLF
HITLER
Harry S. Truman became the 33rd U.S. President after Roosevelt’s death
Became Pres. 83 days after V.P.
Gave the ‘OK’ to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bomb ended WW II
Known for straightforward and blunt attitude
http://www.visitingdc.com/presid
ent/harry-truman-picture.htm
Adolf Hitler was the Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 – 1945
Solider in WW1
Read“ The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion", which is a fake document
supporting anti-semitism.
This sparked his hatred of Jews
Planned and began World War II
Prime minister of Germany 30 January, 1944
Committed suicide at the end of the war
http://www.footnote.com/document/137396737/
WORLD LEADERS: WINSTON CHURCHILL
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain May 10,
1940
Same day as when the German Blitzkrieg invasion of France
began
‘The British Lion’ – excellent wartime leader
Formed a strong friendship with U.S.
“I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I
feel sure that our cause will not be suffered
to fail among men. I feel entitled at this
juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all
and to say, ‘Come then, let us go forward
together with our united strength’.”
From his speech on May 13th, 1940 when
he became Prime Minister
http://queuemagazine.co.uk/quotes.aspx
1940 MEDICAL DISCOVERIES
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1940: Howard Florey and Ernst Chain make a usable form of
penicillin
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1944: Selman Waksman discovers steptomycin
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1945: First vaccine for the flu
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1947: Parke-Davis announces discover of antibiotic Chloromycetin
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1949: Sir Harold Ridley preformed the first implant of intraocular
lens
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1950: John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker
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1950
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1940s: Experts realized that smoking and mental ingestion were
likely causes for cancer.
NEW INVENTIONS
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1940: Nylons go on the market
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1941: The Jeep was invented
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1942: T shirts were introduced
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1944: Ballpoint Pens go on sale
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1945: 1st Computer built (ENIAC)
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1945: Microwave Oven Invention
NEW INVENTIONS (CONTINUED)
•
1945: Slinky Toys go on sale
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1946: Bikinis introduced
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1947: Polaroid Cameras invented
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1948: ‘Big Bang’ Theory Formulated
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1948: The Frisbee
http://canadatop.com/article/SLINKY
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0844347.html
http://www.2worldwar2.com/leaders.htm
http://www.2worldwar2.com/adolf-hitler.htm
http://www.history-timeline.deepthi.com/medical-history-timeline/medical-history-timeline1941-1950.html
http://www.fashion-era.com/20th_century_major_innovations.htm
http://www.imdb.com/year/1940
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html#film
http://www.filmsite.org/40sintro.html
http://www.americanlegends.com/authors/index.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_were_the_most_popular_authors_during_the_
1940's
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_most_important_battles_in_the_Pacific_durin
g_World_War_2
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_most_important_battles_of_World_War_2
http://www.worldwar2history.info/Coral-Sea/
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/mma/timeline.html
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1940timeline.htm
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090405133732AAScIUB
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1940.htm
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40smusic.html
http://www.popularsong.org/1940.html
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