war effort at home
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As usual for a country during wartime America focused its attention to helping their allies across the Atlantic. For assembly line workers this meant assembling tanks, airplanes, battleships, and various weapons and ammunition. These employees were mostly women because men had joined the army and were shipped overseas to fight in Europe. Citizens on the American home front were also subject to food rationing everyone would have the same necessities, these were completed by using ration cards. Tax rates also increased dramatically to pay for the war efforts, ranging from 84% to 91% for the duration of the war
PROPAGANDA
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After World War I Americans were not eager to just ship off their money to more killing and destruction, even if it wasn't on their own land. So the government devised a campaign to instill a patriotic mindset in the American people so they would contribute money to the war in Europe. The campaign consisted of posters depicting the fears of citizens during the time, countless encouragements to enlist in the armed forces, and rationing so soldiers could have enough food. Hollywood movies also depicted Axis forces destroying American soil to further increase the sale of war bonds and to tell people to watch what they say.
Entertainment
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Since the world was littered with tales of despair and suffering, everyone just wanted to take their minds off the horrors of war somehow. Before WWII cartoon animations were seen as a waste of time and money, but as the war wore on cartoons presented a humorous depiction of the dark outside world. Some of these animated shorts like Disney's "Daffy - The Commando" mock the enemy Japanese by portraying them as the stereotypical wide eyed and large toothed buffoons Americans were accustomed to seeing them on television and in movies. All-American heroes like Captain America also took off in the 1940's.