american history chapter 24-4 the home front. history’s voices “not all of us can have the...
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• 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.
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.