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Splash Screen. Chapter Introduction Section 1: Mobilizing for War Section 2: The Early Battles Section 3: Life on the Home Front Section 4: Pushing Back the Axis Section 5: The War Ends Visual Summary. Chapter Menu. Big Ideas - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Splash Screen
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Chapter Menu
Chapter Introduction
Section 1:Mobilizing for War
Section 2:The Early Battles
Section 3:Life on the Home Front
Section 4:Pushing Back the Axis
Section 5:The War Ends
Visual Summary
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Section 1-Main Idea
Big Ideas
Economics and Society Americans quickly converted to a wartime economy to support the war effort.
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Section 1-Key Terms
Content Vocabulary
• cost-plus • disenfranchised
Academic Vocabulary
• vehicle • draft
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Section 1-Key Terms
People and Events to Identify
• War Production Board
• Office of War Mobilization
• “Double V” campaign
• Tuskegee Airmen
• Oveta Culp Hobby
• Women’s Army Corps
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A. A
B. B
Section 1-Polling Question
Do you agree that women in the military should receive the same tasks as men?
A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Section 1
American Industry Gets the Job Done
Factories built tanks, airplanes, trucks, and jeeps for military use, as well as safer ships.
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Section 1
• The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of military equipment.
• Henry Kaiser reduced the time to build a Liberty ship from 244 days to 41 days.
American Industry Gets the Job Done(cont.)
– He built 30 percent of all American ships during the war.
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Section 1
• As American companies converted to war production, many business leaders became frustrated with the mobilization process.
– FDR tried to improve the system by creating the War Production Board (WPB).
– The WPB clashed with the military, so Roosevelt established the Office of War Mobilization (OWM) to settle arguments.
American Industry Gets the Job Done(cont.)
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B. B
C. C
D. D
Section 1
A B C D
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What major change did Henry Kaiser make to his ships?
A. Rivets
B. Welding
C. Bigger engines
D. Thicker metal
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Section 1
Building an Army
Minorities and women played an important role in the United States armed forces during World War II.
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Section 1
• Within days of Germany’s attack on Poland in 1939, President Roosevelt expanded the army to 227,000 soldiers.
– Two members of Congress introduced the Selective Service and Training Act, a plan for the first peacetime draft in American history.
Building an Army (cont.)
• More than 60,000 men enlisted in the month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, overwhelming the army’s training facilities.
Creating an American Army
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Section 1
• At the start of the war, the U.S. military was segregated.
– Some African Americans did not want to support the war, being disenfranchised and bitter over their treatment.
– The Pittsburgh Courier launched the “Double V” campaign—urging African Americans to fight against Hitler’s racism and the racism at home.
Building an Army (cont.)
Creating an American Army
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Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Vocab4
draft
to select a person at random for mandatory military service
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Vocab2
disenfranchise
to deprive of the right to vote