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How Did Young Americans Support War Effort in WWII?
Boy Scouts collect milkweed pods for lifejacket stuffing
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America was shocked and angered by the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
Click here to find out more about Pearl Harbor
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Click here open to Google Earth and visit Pearl Harbor
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American wanted to fight back to avenge the attack.
4
America Declared
War on the Axis Powers
– Japan, Germany and Italy
Click to hear President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressing the
US Congress
5
Americans of all ages
pitched in to support the war effort
They grew their own food in “Victory
Gardens”
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They tried hard to
conserve and reuse resources
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Watch this movie!
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Play the online Homefront simulation game
