Mobilizing for Defense

1. How did the American response to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor differ from Japanese expectations?      The Japanese did not believe that the Americans were racially pure enough to withstand their attack. They truly believed that the Americans would just give up and let them take over the Pacific.

2. What difficulties did women and minorities face in the wartime work force?    
The difficulties that women and minorities faced in the wartime work force was a lowered pay. They were not getting the same amount of pay a white man was doing for the same amount of work. They were normally getting only 60% of what the white male was getting.


3. Why did President Roosevelt create the OSRD, and what did it do?          
President Roosevelt created the OSRD to bring scientists into the war effort. The OSRD improved sonar and radar, the use of pesticides to fight insects, and pushed the development of "miracle drugs" such as penicillin. The OSRD also came up with the Atomic Bomb


4. What basic problems were the OPA and WPB created to solve?          
The OPA was created to solve the problem with the inflation of needed goods. The WPB was created to make sure the companies making war necessities got what they needed fast.


5. What type of items were rationed and why were they limited?      
Materials that the men fighting in the war overseas was rationed like meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline. They were limited because most of the items were sent overseas to the men fighting so they would have enough of the necessities.


6. What is the message of the World War II poster on this assignment's blog posting? Why was this message important?
The message of the World War II poster is that when you dont carpool, you drive alone, that you are helping Hitler out, you are wasting gasoline. The message was important because it got Americans to stop wasting gas so it gave our soldiers overseas more gas to use.