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Life During WW II in the U.S. U. S. War Bonds • Gave money for the war • People invested in the war to help their government • Bonds were loans • Government promised to pay back with interest http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/#home Rationing With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing." Alfred Palmer, February 1943. 208-AA-322H-1. http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-17.jpg • Everyday goods were difficult to buy. • Housewives had to shop different stores looking for food. • Ration stamps were used like money. • Each family was given a "War Ration Book" Scrap Metal Drives •To build tanks, ships, planes, and weapons we needed massive amounts of metal. •Americans were asked to give scrap metal for recycling, •Schools and community groups across the country held scrap metal drives. Movie star Rita Hayworth sacrificed her bumpers for the duration. Besides setting an example by turning in unessential metal car parts, Miss Hayworth has been active in selling war bonds." http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-13.jpg Victory Gardens • People planted food for their family, friends, and neighbors • It was what you had to do • This gave more supplies to be shipped to our troops fighting the war http://www.victoryseeds.com/TheVictoryGarden/page3.html#Plant Sugar Rationing •Sugar was the first food to be rationed •Our supply of sugar was down to a third Sugar Rationing http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-16.jpg Meat Rationing • Grocery stores started rationing canned goods • Meat was hard to buy • People over 12 years old were allowed 2 ½ pounds of meat per week Working Women Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA. 86-WWT-3-67 http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-18.jpg •Rosie the Riveter was a symbolic character to encourage females to take male jobs •They were quickly trained to prepare them for jobs operating machinery •Women did an extraordinary job •Jobs included: working in shipyards, lumber mills and steel mills. •Millions worked for the Defense industry •Women also joined the military • Minorities in the Work force • Men at war meant more jobs in factories. • African Americans moved from the south all over the country to fill these jobs. • White Americans protested over African Americans’ jobs • A. Philip Randolph threatened to lead 100,000 protestors because they were discriminated in defense jobs. • President Roosevelt didn’t want the protest in Washington DC • So he established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to promote minority hiring . The Home Front • Many people think that war is won on the battlefield • People living on the home front during World War II knew that hard work, sacrifice, and being positive were important to the United States winning. http://americanhistory.si.edu/victory/victory5.htm