This slideshow is a basic overview of groups contributing to WWII effort using material extracted from my class' 8th grade U.S. History book.

1. WW II
People in America

2. American Servicemen
Called “GI”s--stands for
“Government Issue”
troops had few basics, few
supplies, little toilet paper &
soap, etc.
homesickness was common
> 292,000 American GIs died
in WWII :(

3. Women during W.W. II> 6 million women entered labor force (took jobs)
Worked as welders, electricians, machinists, railroad
workers, Doctors, etc.
but only earned 60% of men’s pay
200,000 women in non-combat jobs in military
nurses, radio operators, translators, code breakers,
mechanics, etc.
200 women (mostly nurses) died in line of duty
When GI’s returned, many women lost their jobs

4. “Rosie the
Riveter”
Click here for more info on
many “Rosies”

5. consumers...YOU!
(American Public)
(American Public)Americans began hoarding goods.
Office of Price Administration (OPA) created a rationing
(limiting) system: sugar, coffee, meat, butter, tires, fuel (3
gallons per adult per week), cloth, etc.
given coupon books/stamps
recycle waste products (tin, steel, stockings (for gun
powder bags), tires (gas masks), bacon grease
(ammunition)
planted “victory gardens” to grow their own food

6. rationing
a week worth of food

7. Children
scrap-metal drives to buy war
bonds/stamps; contributed
$100 million to war effort
dad at war + mom at work =
left alone
dropped out of school to
get jobs
crime increased

8. African Americans
@ first, 900,000 blacks trained for
non-combat jobs
as soldiers, they were segregated,
but, by the end of the war, they
served along side whites in combat
roles
dorie miller

9. Mexican Americans
500,000 Latinos in WWII
Not segregated, but still faced
prejudice in military

10. Native
American
“Code
Talkers”
Thousands worked in war factories or armed forces
Used Navajo language as a code that was never broken

11. Jewish Americans
1944: FDR creates “War
Refugee Board” which rescues
200,000 Jews from Nazis
many not let in before for fear
that they’d take American jobs
fr/workers
550,000 Jews served in WWII