1. World War II: and The Home Front "But there is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States - every man, woman, and child - is in action That front is right here at home ,in our daily lives."- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942
59. Victory Gardens: If we grow for our homes, farmers can grow for our armed forces .
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68. With the exception of nursing and teaching, most women did not have professional careers. Women often took low paying jobs as sales clerks or household servants.
69. 8 Million women enter the workforce: WW II ends the Great Depression
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71. The symbol of the strength, determination and courage of all these women is called “Rosie the Riveter.” Rosie the Riveter came to symbolize working women across the country. Rosie was used in propaganda.
84. YALTA CONFERENCE At Yalta, President Roosevelt secretly asked Stalin to agree to invade Japan after the war with Germany was over. At the end of the war in Europe it began to appear that Stalin was not going to leave the Eastern European countries that the Soviets had liberated.
94. “ We have a new weapon of unusual destructive force”- Truman Stalin only nodded and did not ask or show any special interest in what Truman said. Why?
95. Fire Bombing Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs.
96. Reasons to Drop the Bomb 1 . End the war quickly with minimal casualties. 2. End the war before Stalin and Soviets got involved. 3. Show of power to the rest of the world. 4. To see what it can do.
98. The bomb explodes above the center of the city. Everything at ground zero is swept and instantly incinerated.
99. The first thing a nuclear explosion produces is a blinding flash of light and a huge fireball. The heat is equal to the surface of the sun. Anything close to the target- people, animals, plants, and materials are turned to vapor and ash. Together with the bomb particles, those vapors and ashes boil up to form a towering mushroom shaped cloud.
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