World War II and the American Home Front: Objectives
After you have completed this section, you will be able to:
- Discuss the economic shift that occurred within the United States during World War II.
- Examine the changes that occurred within the American work force during World War II.
- List government agencies that were created to assist with the war effort.
- Describe the methods used by the American government to finance the war.
- Analyze the American home front during World War II.
- Explain the need for rationing and how it impacted American society during World War II.
- Identify ways in which Americans enjoyed free time during World War II.
- Explain the impact of World War II on women.
- Identify issues American women faced during World War II.
- Identify groups in America that were discriminated against during World War II.
- Explain why the nation targeted Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.
- Define the following terms:
- Office of War Mobilization
- Office of Price Administration (OPA)
- War Production Board (WPB)
- Liberty ships
- Wildcat strikes
- War bond
- Deficit spending
- Rosie the Riveter
- Nisei
- Internment camps
- Smith-Connally Act
- Revenue Act of 1942
- Executive Order 8802
- Executive Order 9066
- Fair Employment Practices Committee
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
- War Relocation Authority