Building Military Strength CostPlus Contracts Govt pays cost
Building Military Strength
Cost-Plus Contracts • Gov’t pays cost + a profit percent • More product = More profit • Cost gov’t a lot BUT war goods made
Detroit “Arsenal of Democracy” • Detroit made 1/3 of war goods • 4, 000 tanks per month
Rosie the Riveter • From Willow Run Airport • Women made up 1/3 or workforce
Liberty Ships • Used Ford’s Assembly line concept – Pre-built parts assembled at port • Welded instead of Riveted – 1 ship ever 17 days
War Production Board • Set production priorities and goals
Building an Army
Draft • First peacetime draft – after Poland • Ranked 19 th in World
Enlisted • Post Pearl Harbor 60, 000 sign up/month • G. I. Government Issued (uniforms)
Segregation • Segregated Army • Tuskegee Airmen – Squadron that protected bombers – http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=q. MPLp. E xgk. Gg – Add intro gov’t quote from video quote
Double “V” Campaign • Victory against Hitler • Victory against Segregation
Women • 400, 000 women in military • NO Combat – Nurses/Clerical • W. A. S. P. s – Pilots that made deliveries
African Americans • Great migration north to work in plants • Detroit & Chicago • Belle Isle Riot 25 AA 9 W killed
Mexican Americans • CA teen crime rate rose • Zoot Suits vs Victory Suit
Japanese Americans • West coast angry at Japanese • Relocation Camps – FDR forced Jap. Into camps – Fear of spies/attacks – Supreme Court Approved • military security – Reagan later apologized
Rationing • Stamps used to buy food & goods • Gas = 35 mph • 1 book / month
Victory Gardens • Plant a garden to save food • Donate materials to the war – Rubber, tin, aluminum, oil, fat – Exchange bacon grease for coupons
Liberty Bonds • Gov’t spent $300 billion – E Bonds: $18. 75 - $25 in ten years – Citizens: $50 billion – Companies: $150 billion
Wage & Price Controls • Price & wage freezes • Post-war prices rose ½ as much as WWI • Minimized strikes
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