Japanese Internment
What caused the camps to form?
The US wanted to get back the Japanese because of Pearl Harbor
What is a job that a woman might have had?
Electrician, riveter, welder
What is rationing?
Limits on the amount of items people could buy that were needed for the war.
What is propaganda?
Propaganda is a way of spreading ideas and influencing people.
True or false: industrial production nearly doubled during ww2
true
When did the camps begin?
February 1942
Who was Rosie the Riveter and what did she represent?
She was the star of a campaign aimed at women to work.
What was rationed in the US?
Food, gas, clothing, and other goods. Americans were also asked to conserve on everything.
What is the purpose of propaganda in world war 2?
It played an important part in World War II, used to raise the morale (happiness) of people at home and the forces fighting abroad. Also, to make the enemy seem more brutal.
Name two jobs women participated in during that men usually did in World War 2
Airplane pilot, Architect, Engineers, Farm and home management advisor, Naval officer, Auctioneer, Cement and concrete finisher, Crane and hoist operator, Log and lumber inspector, Airplane mechanic, Roofer, Plumber, Power station operator
When did the camps end?
March 1946
What was something propaganda might have encouraged women to do?
To grow “victory gardens,” sew and repair clothes rather than buy new ones, raise money for and contribute to war bonds
When did rationing start?
Tires were the first item to be rationed on December 11, 1941.
True or false: Propaganda is loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the events going on.
True
Allied powers
Great Britain, Soviet union, United states, China, and France
What was life like in the camps?
Food shortages
Isolation
small living spaces
What military positions could women have/not have?
Women were excluded from combat positions, but could be, and were most often nurses.
Some women also took traditional men's jobs in non-combat work to free more men for combat.
How did the government persuade people to ration/ limit their food consumption?
Propaganda posters
What is something people are enforced to buy for the war through propaganda posters?
War bonds
Axis powers
Germany, italy, and japan.
What were some things people did for fun?
started making schools and churches
played baseball
Talent shows
What else was caused by the absence of men in the workplace?
The All-American Girls Baseball League was created during this period. Also, women were forced to find quality child care for their kids, which created more jobs.
Who all rationed during World War II?
United States, Soviet Union, Britain, Germany, Japan, and more.
A popular propaganda poster that read, “We can do it” had an image of who on the cover?
Rosie the Riveter
Gist of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the American naval base in Pearl Harbor.