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maxUSH- WW 2 Home
maxush-WW2 Homefront
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Government Issue”, uniforms issued, eight week basic training, instilled camaraderie | GI |
| Factory assembly lines made jeeps, rifles, helmets and other military equipment instead of consumer goods | industrial conversion |
| First women’s unit in US military, followed by units in every branch of service | WAAC |
| Cost of manufacturing plus a guaranteed percentage | cost-plus |
| African American unit, 99th Pursuit squadron, battle of Anzio | Tuskegee Airmen |
| Set production and priorities, controlled distribution of raw materials | WPB |
| Rights being denied, such as right to vote | disenfranchise |
| Kaiser’s shipyards built, welded versus riveted, cheaper and easier to build | liberty ship |
| First African American general | Benjamin O. Davis |
| June 1940, created first peacetime draft in US history, 21-45, one year service in W. hemisphere, later 18-64 | Selective Service and Training Act |
| Settled arguments between various agencies | OWM |
| African Americans should join the war to beat racism at home and abroad | "Double V" campaign |
| Depression era agency, offered loans to help industry convert to wartime production | RFC |
| US industry produced twice as much as Germany and five times what the Japanese produced during the war | industrial output |
| FDR declares West coast a military zone, all people of Japanese ancestry evacuated to 10 internment camps | executive order 9066 |
| Organized a march on Washington to protest discrimination | A. Philip Randolph |
| Suit with no vest, no cuffs, narrow lapels | victory suit |
| Promise not to strike during the war | no strike pledge |
| Where Americans moved to for jobs, western and southern US | sunbelt |
| Regulated wages and the prices of farm products | OPA |
| Raised 45% of the war cost, govt. began collecting taxes through payroll deduction | taxes |
| Symbol of American women in the workforce in WW II | Rosie the Riveter |
| Japanese American unit, most decorated unit of war | 442nd Regimental Combat Team |
| Arranged for Mexican farm workers to migrate to US to harvest crops and work on railroads | Bracero program |
| Reusing worn out products to make new goods | recycling |
| Baggy overstuffed suit worn by Mexican American teens, considered unpatriotic | zoot suit |
| Regulated prices, rationed goods | OES |
| family gardens,produced 40% of vegetables grown during the war | victory gardens |
| Declared no discrimination in defense industries or federal government, created FEPC to enforce order | Executive Order 8802 |
| Prevented strikes | WLB |
| 55% of money borrowed to pay for the war, way Americans contributed | E bonds |
| Migration of African Americans to cities for jobs resumes | Great Migration |
| Limiting the availability of goods, required a coupon to purchase goods | rationing |
| Upheld relocation order, military decision | Korematsu v. US |
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