Rationing During WWII

Rationing During WWII

During the Second World War, the government introduced rationing because there was a shortage of certain items that were needed for the war. Rationing is when you are only allowed to buy a certain amount of an item. Each member of a family would have received a pamphlet filled with stamps that could be used for the purchase of rationed items such as sugar, meats, and nylon. Each ration book was used to purchase different items. The first ration book was used to buy sugar, if you already owned any sugar, the stamps for that amount would be torn out of the books.



In order to conserve rubber which was in very short supply, cars were labeled with classification stickers to indicate how much gas a person could buy, limiting the amount that they could drive. For example, cars labeled with an “A” sticker were allowed to buy four gallons a week because they were considered nonessential to the war efforts. While cars that were labeled with a “B” sticker were allowed to buy 8 gallons of gas a week because they were considered to be essential workers. Carpooling was strongly encouraged.



Sources:
"Word War II Rationing". Ames Historical Society. March 27, 2010 .
"World War II (1939-45)". Britannica. March 30, 2010
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References

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1674.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/310458/rationing_during_world_war_ii.html

http://www.waverlyinfo.com/page.php?ID=3282

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riverter was any woman that helped the US millitary it was the homefront version of a GI joe. While all the men were off at war many many women worked on heavy machinery supporting their country.The term Rosiethe Riverter became so popular threw posters and advertisment that there was a song written about theres groupof poeple. As an affect to the war and the Propaganda posters it increased the number of working American women to 20 million by 1944, a 57% increase from 1940.






Now there is no clear anwser if there was an accual woman that Rosie the Riveter was named after. Yes there were many woman named rosie that were riverters but it didnt matter. This stong image of a working woman and supporting her country was a win win situation that would in turn give women more rights than they previosly had and the USA would benifit from their work in the factories and supporting America on the home front.

References
http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=128

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/home.htm

http://www.essortment.com/all/whowasrosieri_rslx.htm

-Reeve Allen-

Hollywood’s role and other Propaganda

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7Th 1941 America was officially in the war. Propaganda began to come about when all the men began to leave to go fight the war. The Women in the war severed as a great help, they worked in factories and made anything from parachutes to bomber for the US military. If the US didn't have so much help from the women in this time there would have been much more American casualties over seas.



This Propaganda poster was designed to promote even more women to help the cause. With all the help the Women did for America it also helped promote woman rights which was another motive for women to join.

There were also other kinds of Propaganda that was directed towards men to join the armed forces. One of the most famous ones in the Uncle Sam pointing at you saying "I want you" This poster was used to Influence more men in joining the war and fighting for their country.



As a result to these posters many Americans Helped and ultimately the war was won and it couldn't have been done without these Propaganda posters promoting Everyone they could to support the cause of the war.
References
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/app.htm

http://www.world-war-2.info/propaganda/

http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIpropaganda.htm

-Reeve Allen-