Welcome Baltimore Polytechnic Institute March 5 2012 U

Welcome Baltimore Polytechnic Institute March 5, 2012 U. S. History Mr. Green

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered The students will describe to what extent the United States expanded its armed forces in response to America’s entry into World War II by explaining the wartime mobilization of industry, labor, scientists, and the media Announcement: Chapter 17 Test next week, 5 paragraph essay due from video Drill: Review the timeline on pages 568 -569 and answer the following: 1. What event during the war do you think had the most impact on the United States? 2. What do you think was the most important world event that occurred during the war?

Mobilization on the Home Front Ch. 17 Sec. 1 pgs. 570 -577 Americans Join the War Effort Japanese paper boasted the U. S. reduced to a 3 rd world state and was “trembling in her shoes” Selective Services and the GI Young Americans jammed the recruiting offices 5 million volunteered, but that was not enough 10 million men came through the draft 8 weeks basic training Women in the Military Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps women would not receive the same benefits 250, 000 total women served

Minorities in the Armed Services Was this their war to fight? “Why die for democracy for some foreign country when we don’t even have it here? ” Life would be worse under Nazi rule ½ million Mexican Americans 1 million African-Americans most in non-combat roles until the last year 13, 000 Chinese Americans 33, 000 Japanese Americans some spies/interpreters 25, 000 Native Americans

Life on the Home Front The Industrial Response Automobile plants retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars Shipyards turned out Liberty ships, tankers, troop transports, and “baby “ aircraft carriers Labor’s Contribution 18 million workers in war industries by 1944 6 million of these were women they earned 60% of what a man did 2 million minority workers A. Philip Randolph organized a march on D. C. to protest discrimination in hiring FDR did not want this and signed an executive order banning discrimination in defense industries