Nikki,Heidi,Kaitlyn

 __Daily Life on the Home Front __   War affected the daily lives of most Americans!     Nearly 30 million people moved, including soldiers, families of soldiers, and civilians relocating to take jobs in military production.

The end of the Depression helped life the American spirits. __ Shortages and Controls: __ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">     Wartime jobs gave many people their few extra cash since the Depression.

Shortages and rationing limited the goods that people could buy. (Metal to make zippers or typewriters went instead into guns, and rubber went to make tires for army trucks instead of for bicycles. Nylon stockings, introduced in 1939, vanished from shopes because the nylon was needed for parachutes.)

The government needed great amounts of food for the miliatry. -April 1941, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established by an executive order. Its job was to control inflation by limiting prices and rents.

The goal rationing was a fair distribution of scarce items. -Beginning in 1943, the OPA assigned point values for items such as sugar, coffee, meat, butter, canned fruit, and shoes. -Issued ration books of coupons worth a certain number of points for categories of food or clothing. -Once a consumer had used up his or her points, they could no longer buy any more of those items until they recieved a new ration book or traded coupons with neighbors. -Gasoline used in cars was //STRICTLY// rationed as well.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 14, 199);"><span style="color: rgb(239, 6, 6);">__<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(215, 4, 21);">Popular Culture: __<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(215, 4, 21);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With so many goods unavailable, Americans looked for other ways to spend their money. -Civilians bought and read more books and magazines. -Along with recordings of popular songs, such as " <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|White Christmas] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">" by Irving Berlin. -Went to baseball games, even though most of their favorite players had gone off to war. -About 60% of the population went to the movies every week.

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<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 22, 53);">__Enlisting Public Support:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(3, 3, 3);">The government understood the need to maintain morale. -Encouraged citizens to participate in the war effort while persuading them to accpet rationing and conserve precious resources. -The Office of War Information was established in June 1942 to work with magazine publishers, advertising agencies, and radio stations. Hired writers and artists to create posters and ads that stirred Americans' patriotic feelings.

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Victory gardens or a home vegetable garden planted to add to the home food supply and replace farm produce sent to feed the soldiers. -By 1943, victory gardens produced about one third of the country's fresh vegetables.



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<span style="color: rgb(13, 242, 13);"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(174, 255, 0);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(174, 255, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(13, 242, 13);">**By: Niki, Heidi, and Katlynn~!