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World War II
Mobilizing
for
Defense
Selective Service System
Required men to register
for military service. Will raise
an additional 10 million men
during World War II.
War Production Board
The WPB decided which companies
would convert from peacetime to
wartime production and allocated
raw materials to key industries
War Production Video
Office of Price Administration
Fought
inflation
by
freezing
wages,
prices,
and rents.
Rationing
The OPA rationed foods such
as meat, butter, cheese, sugar,
vegetables, and coffee.
Victory Gardens
Propaganda
Poster Video
War Bonds
The Department of Treasury issued war bonds to raise money for the war
effort and to fight inflation.
Celebrity War Bond Tour Newsreel
Office of Scientific Research and Development
The OSRD spurred improvements in radar and sonar, pesticides like
DDT, miracle drugs such as penicillin and the atomic bomb.
Women
During WWII, women were actively
recruited into what had been nontraditional work for women, including
such jobs as welding, machinist,
construction, and bus and truck
driving. The image of “Rosie the
Riveter” was used to encourage
women to join the workforce.
Women in the War Video
“Rosie the Riveter”
Entertainment Industry
In addition to promoting war bonds,
Hollywood churned out waroriented propaganda films like
Hitler, Beast of Berlin.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
Internment of Japanese Americans
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an executive order
Requiring removal of people of Japanese ancestry from California
And parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona to internment camps.
In the following weeks, the army will round up some 110,000 Japanese
Americans.