World War II World War II PropagandaPropaganda

PropagandaPropaganda information that is spread for the purpose information that is spread for the purpose

of promoting some cause of promoting some cause

In WWII, propaganda was used more than In WWII, propaganda was used more than any other time this world has seen. With any other time this world has seen. With new technological inventions such as new technological inventions such as photographyphotography, , radioradio and and filmfilm, manipulative , manipulative messages bombarded every day life in an messages bombarded every day life in an attempt to persuade a person to believe in attempt to persuade a person to believe in a specific cause. a specific cause.

United States – Uncle Sam: I Want You!

Russia – Look familiar?

Women in WWIIWomen in WWII Women responded to the Women responded to the

urgent demand for their urgent demand for their labor labor

5 million women entered 5 million women entered the work forcethe work force

replaced the men who replaced the men who joined the armed joined the armed services.services. Married and single women Married and single women

worked as reporters, truck worked as reporters, truck driers, factory workers and driers, factory workers and aircraft workers. They aircraft workers. They also typed telegrams and also typed telegrams and went overseas as nurses went overseas as nurses and pilots.and pilots.

U.S. Home front U.S. Home front PropagandaPropaganda

When the United States finally entered the war, it was Total War. Everyone was affected and as many resources possible went to the war effort.

Buy War Bonds!Buy War Bonds!

What is being symbolized here?

Think about how fear can be used in propaganda.

Notice the two unknowing kids and the oldest who seems to be looking at something up in the sky.

Rationing Rationing During the war, the During the war, the

government rationed government rationed (limitations on the (limitations on the amounts of certain amounts of certain goods that people goods that people could buy) essential could buy) essential items such as sugar, items such as sugar, gasoline, coffee, gasoline, coffee, meat, and even meat, and even ketchup.ketchup.

Citizens were given Citizens were given ration books to keep ration books to keep track of the “points” track of the “points” allotted to each allotted to each family. family.

Saving GasSaving Gas

Victory Garden Victory Garden

Nationwide victory Nationwide victory garden program to help garden program to help combat food shortages. combat food shortages.

Victory gardens made an Victory gardens made an important contribution to important contribution to the home-front effort by the home-front effort by producing a significant producing a significant amount of food amount of food (approximately 40 (approximately 40 percent of the vegetables percent of the vegetables consumed in 1943) and consumed in 1943) and by providing a way to by providing a way to contribute to the war contribute to the war effort for those who effort for those who could not fight on the could not fight on the battlefield.battlefield.

CollectinCollecting Scrapg Scrap

To help win the war, To help win the war, families, even children, went families, even children, went to the streets to collect scrap to the streets to collect scrap metal, paper, rubber—metal, paper, rubber—anything that could be anything that could be recycled to help win the war. recycled to help win the war.

Salvage (saving) in WWII

SAVE… CAN BE MADE INTO…

30,000 razor blades

50 machine guns (.30 caliber)

30 lipstick tubes

20 ammunition cartridges

2,300 pairs of nylons

1 parachute

1 pound of fat 1/3 pound of gunpowder

2,5000 tons of tin and 190,000 tons of steel

5,000 tanks

Women: Rosie the Women: Rosie the RiveterRiveter

Rosie Riveter is one of the most popular posters ever created in the United States.

What does the arm symbolize?

What about her facial appearance/expression?

UnificationUnification

It is important for any government in war that all the people be united in the war effort. Even black people and women were targeted by propaganda in the United States. How might this create lasting effects after the war?

African Americans at African Americans at WarWar

On July 19, 1941, the On July 19, 1941, the U.S. Air force began a U.S. Air force began a program in Tuskegee, program in Tuskegee, Alabama to train black Alabama to train black Americans as military Americans as military pilots. pilots.

Army was segregatedArmy was segregated only whites were allowed only whites were allowed

to flyto fly 992 black pilots 992 black pilots

graduated, receiving graduated, receiving commissions and pilot commissions and pilot wings. wings. Tuskegee AirmenTuskegee Airmen. .

Mexican Americans Mexican Americans U.S. needed workerU.S. needed worker

1942: signed a treaty 1942: signed a treaty with Mexicowith Mexico

allowed the allowed the recruitment of recruitment of Mexican laborers to Mexican laborers to work in the U.S. work in the U.S.

Bracero ProgramBracero Program many Mexicans many Mexicans

moved north to moved north to work on farms work on farms and railroads.and railroads.

Discrimination of MexicansDiscrimination of Mexicans June 1943June 1943

a group of sailors on a group of sailors on leave attacked some leave attacked some young Mexican young Mexican AmericansAmericans

beat them on the streetsbeat them on the streets teens wearing zoot suits teens wearing zoot suits rioting in Los Angeles. rioting in Los Angeles.

Newspapers blamed the Newspapers blamed the violence on the Mexican violence on the Mexican Americans.Americans.

Police even left the Police even left the servicemen along and servicemen along and arrested the victims arrested the victims instead. instead.

Japanese Japanese