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The military draft required all men ages 21 to 45 to register for the military draft.
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This was the final straw for America entering World War Two, Japan bombed the United States so they'd destroy our fleet and we wouldn't enter the World War.
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The United States Congress held an almost unanimous vote to go to war with Japan for bombing us and killed 2,403 people.
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The first few groups of women started going out to work in factories and doing war jobs while men were going off to war.
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The United States started following in the steps of it's fellow allies and starts rationing dairy and meat products, oil and gas, and metals.
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President Roosevelt's response to Pearl Harbor was to put Japanese-American's in ten internment camps across America out of fear they were spies.
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The draft age was lowered from 21 to 18 as the war went on due to a lack of men. The older men were usually taken first before the younger men.
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In an effort to inspire more women to start working while men were away at war, Rosie The Riveter was created based off of a popular song by Norman Rockwell.
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After four long years of fighting and war, World War Two finally ended with a victory for the allies.
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The celebration of the war ending after the Japanese finally surrendered in the war.
