Internal Influences of

WWII on the U.S.

William LoFaro
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Effects of U.S. wartime mobilization and production efforts

● Citizens were heavily pushed to

ration numerous types of resources,
including food clothes Gas
● Some foods such as meat and
butter could only be purchased with
specific ration cards
● Many began to grow fruits and
vegetables themselves
● Communities donated resources
they did not need, often metal to be
used for the war effort
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● The government funded much of the

war effort through war bonds
● Citizens were heavily pushed to buy
war bonds to the extent that they
neared requirement
● War bonds played a key role in
managing inflation, as when
production began to ramp up, it
made sure too much money was not
in circulation
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● Industrialized production grew

dramatically
● Factories were converted in order to
produce resources for war
● Manufacturing exploded as need for
weapons, vehicles, equipment,
ammunition, and food grew
● Massive numbers of jobs were created
within the factories, opening the door
for groups who had prior not been
considered to work
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Japanese American Internment

● Japanese Americans were gathered

and placed into internment camps
as many feared their disloyalty after
the attack on Pearl Harbor
● Executive order 9066 was passed
allowing the U.S. Army to establish
exclusion zones in which no one is
allowed to enter
● War Relocation Authority was
established in order to form the
camps to be used for internment
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10 Internment camps

● Tule Lake
● Minidoka
● Manzanar
● Poston
● Gila River
● Topaz
● Heart Mountain
● Granada
● Jerome
● Rohwer
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Korematsu V. The United States

● Began by Fred Korematsu, who after

initially evading internment, was put in
federal prison
● Korematsu was approached by the
American Civil Liberties Union to argue
that executive order 9066 went against
the 5th amendment
● The case worked its way up to the
supreme court
● In a 6-3 vote, the supreme court sided
with the United States and stated that the
order was necessary for the safety of the
country
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Contributions of women and other races to the war effort

● With thousands of men joining the

military, jobs had to be opened up in
order to meet the needs of the factories
● Women were given far more job
opportunities in positions previously
reserved for men
● Manufacturing is able to function
effectively due to the massive number of
women now working in factories
● Icons like Rosie the Riveter spread more
support and interest in women taking
roles in the industry
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● Job opportunities were not only

widened to allow women, but also to
be less discriminatory towards other
races
● African Americans especially began to
appear in jobs and shipyard that were
previously predominantly white
● Discrimination becomes impractical in
many cases, so different races work in
tandom with little disparity between
them
● Many African Americans moved north
in the great migration to find work
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Discrimination faced by women and different races after their efforts

● Despite the new opportunities to work

in seemingly equal settings, Women and
different races still faced discrimination
as they worked
● The descrimination faced lead many
groups to turn to activism, and fighting
for their own rights
● Many African American workers began
to shift towards supporting the Civil
Rights movement
● Many Women followed a similar path,
pushing more and more for their rights,
continuing on to after the war when
women were expected to once again
focus more on homelife