J. Kelly Robison


World War II - the Home Front


I.         War and the Economy
            A.        Federal Spending
            B.        Personal Income
II.        Mobilizing Production
            A.        Coordinating Wartime Production
                        1.         Demand for New Products
            B.        Mobilizing Labor
                        C.        Boost in Union Membership
            D.        Rationing of Commodities
III.       Workers at Home
            A.        Social Dislocation
            B.        Women and the War
                        1.         Rosie the Riveter
            C.        African-Americans
                        1.         Push for Equality
            D.        The Japanese
                        1.         Internment


Study Terms

War Production Board National War Labor Board War Labor Dispute Act
Office of War Mobilization
Double V A Phillip Randolph NAACP
CORE Rosie the Riveter War Relocation Authority
Nisei

Study Questions:

How did World War II affect American Society as a whole?

How did the Second World War end the Great Depression?


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