To remember 1942

By: Morgan Mears

And

Aaron Gillespie

Drafting

• In 1940 the drafting age started at 21 and went to the age of 36.

• During the early 1942 the drafting age was 18 to 37 so as soon as you turned 18 you got your draft card.

• Around 50% of the 20 million got rejected because they were un healthy.

World war II

• In December 7, 1941 Japanese bombed pearl harbor.

• Around June of 1942 the British and U.S. join together to try and stop the Japanese navy from advancing to the Central Pacific.

                        

Propaganda

                        

Propaganda cont.

• In the “we can do it” poster it’s trying to encourage women to join the war and show them they’re strong enough to fight along the sides of men.

• Things were short in supplies for everyone during world war II. So people would ride together to preserve valuable resources. People said “when you ride alone you ride with Hitler” saying your wasting gas by not car pooling.

Fashion in the 1940’s

Men’s Fashion

Stars in the 1940’s

• The picture is a famous singer and actor. Her name is Doris Day.

• She is most known for playing the role of Calamity Jane which is a old western musical.

                     

Newest inventions of the 1940’s

• This is one of the most recent automobiles in the early 40’s.

Inventions cont.

• Duck tape was an great invention in the 1940’s and today it’s a well used item.

• The microwave oven was invented in the 1940’s here in America.

• The computer was invented in 1946 by John W. Mauchly

Inventions cont.

• Atomic bomb- the invention of the atomic bomb started in the 1939 and was completed in 1945.

New Hampshire

• The symbols of New Hampshire

• The state bird is the purple finch, the state animal is a white tailed deer, the state insect is the lady bug,

• The state fruit is the pumpkin, and the state rock is granite.

New Hampshire Cont.

• October 3, 1940 the War Department decided to turn the Massachusetts Airport into an Army Air Base.

• John I. Moore came on April 1,1941 to take over the reconstructed Army Air Base.

Political Leaders of 1940’s

• Franklin D. Roosevelt- president of the United states. He lead America out of the economic depression.

• Adolf Hiter- German leader. He did not want the Russians capture him so he killed himself.

• The prime Minister of Japan was Hideki Tojo.

Political leaders cont.

• Omar nelson Bradley- one of the U.S. military leaders.

• Dwight Eisenhower- another great American leader who help lead America to victory.

Authors

• Shirley Jackson- was a very famous horror story writer. She even wrote a story we read in class called The Possibility Of Evil.

• Benjamin McLane Spock- commonly known as dr. spock, was a pediatrician that wrote about childcare. His most famous book was Baby and Child Care.

Famous artist

• Jackson Pollock- Jackson was born in Cody,Wyoming he later became an action painter.

                                       

Resources

• http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm

• http://www.tqnyc.org/2005/NYC051918//index.htm

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newhampshire/

• http://www.vermontel.net/~tomh/mancha.html