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WWIIPart3

WWIIpropaganda:wasdirectedbytheOfficeofWarInformation

TheWarMobilizationBoardoversawproductionofwarequipment

HenryFord’sfactoriesmadeoneB-24bombereveryhour

AfricanAmericans•DuringWWII,AfricanAmericansfoughtinthemilitary&athome:• Thewarledtofactoryjobs&increasedtheGreatMigrationofblacksintheNorth&westcoast•AfricanAmericansfacedracialdiscrimination;civilrightsleaderA.PhilipRandolphforcedFDRtoofferequalpayforblackworkersbycreatingtheFairEmploymentPracticesCommission

AfricanAmericans•DuringWWII,AfricanAmericansfoughtinthemilitary&athome:•Morethan1million blacksoldiersservedinsegregatedunitsunderthecommandofwhiteofficers•UnlikeWWI,blacksoldierswereallowedtofight;the“Tuskegeeairmen” intheU.S.militarywererecognizedforheroism&bravery

Tuskegee Airmen

AfricanAmericansfoughtinsegregatedunits

Women•WorldWarIIledtoopportunitiesforwomenintheworkforce&military:•6millionwomenenteredtheworkforce,manydidclericalworkbutothersdid“men’swork”•200,000womenjoinedspecial,noncombatmilitaryunits•Ledtoanincreaseindaycarecenters&childdelinquency•After thewar,womenwereforcedoutofhigh-payingfactoryjobs

“Rosie,theRiveter”

Women’sArmyCorps(WACs)

Womenservedasmilitarynurses&photographers

Japanese-Americans•DuetoPearlHarbor,peoplefearedthatJapanese-Americanswerespying orhelpingprepareforaJapaneseinvasion oftheUSA• In1942,FDRissuedExecutiveOrder9066 whichordered112,000Japanese-Americanstomovetointernmentcamps• The Japanese in camps faced badlivingconditions&alackofrights• Facedracialstereotypes (“Japs”)

ExecutiveOrder9066forcedJapaneseAmericansintointernmentcamps