Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
America's Home Front Cartoon by Dr. Seuss. Retrieved from http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm on 3/31/10 Propaganda Posters This poster uses demonizatoin to get American support. The US used many propaganda posters to drum up support for the war effort. Images retrieved from http://www.propagandaposters.us/index.html New Opportunities For Women Rosie the Riveter was created to encourage women to take factory jobs while the men were away fighting. Images retrieved from Images retrieved from http://www.propagandaposters.us/index.html Women were also encouraged to join the military. New Opportunities For African Americans African American nurses http://davislearningcenter.com/WWII%20Project.html The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American aviators in the American military. http://davislearningcenter.com/WWII%20Project.html The greater need for factory workers during WWII provided many jobs for African Americans on the home front. http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/africanamericans-wwii-248.jpg Conservation Propaganda used emotional appeals to encourage Americans to make sacrifices and conserve as much as they could to help the war effort. http://www.propagandaposters.us/index.html Victory Gardens Americans were also encouraged to grow their own food during WWII. War Bonds Americans were encouraged to buy war bonds to help finance the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_bond#World_War_II for FDR video. http://www.propagandaposters.us/index.html Japanese Internment In 1942, FDR signed an executive order stating that JapaneseAmericans must live in internment camps for the duration of WWII. This was because they were seen as a threat to American safety. More than 100,000 JapaneseAmericans, many of whom were American citizens, were forced to live in these camps.