Transcript The Home Front

American History
Chapter 24-4
The Home Front
• HISTORY’S VOICES
• “Not all of us can have the privilege of fighting our
enemies in distant parts of the world … But there is
one front and one battle where everyone in the
United States is in action. That front is right here at
home.”
• —Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, April 28, 1942
Victory garden
Sacrifice and Struggle at Home
• Rationing- Limiting the use of certain products.
– Butter, coffee, sugar, meat, gas.
– Ration books were distributed.
• Scrap drives were held:
– Citizens collected scrap metal, glass, rubber.
Other Ways Americans Supported War
• Americans bought millions of dollars worth of war
bonds.
– 85 million Americans bought bonds, raising $185 billion.
Poster Propaganda
Dealing With the Emotional Toll
• Americans read the news reports written by
journalist Ernie Pyle.
• Read the cartoons by cartoonist Bill Mauldin.
Winning American Support
• Propaganda-Information and ideas designed to gain
support for a cause. (OWI)
Impact of Hollywood
• 1940s: 90 million Americans attended movies each
week.
• Hollywood produced WWII propaganda.
– Made patriotic films.
– Movie stars promoted bonds & entertained troops.
Japanese Internment
• After Pearl Harbor, people discriminated against
Japanese Americans.
• Internment Camps- Executive Order 9066 forced
relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans.
– Many lost their homes & businesses.
– Many joined the military & fought bravely for the U.S.
• Survivors were given an apology and a payment from
the gov’t.
– 1988: President Reagan issued an apology and
dispersed a $1.8 billion reparation.