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Selective Training and Service Act
Congress approved the Selective Training and Service Act, a plan for the first peacetime draft in American history. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Air Force created its first ever African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Trained in Tuskegee Alabama they were know as the Tuskegee Airmen. -
Executive Order 8802
President Roosevelt issued the Executive Order 8802 in 1941, which stated that there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers. -
Women in War
The army enlisted them for the first time but barred them from combat. Many jobs that the women took were administrative and clerical. When women took these jobs it freed more men from combat. Congress first allowed them in war in may 1942 due to the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). -
American Industry helps war cause
By the summer of 1942 almost all major industries and some 200,000 companies converted to war production. -
War Production Board
In 1942 president Roosevelt set up the War Production Board (WPB), this directed priorities production goals to the war. -
Office of War Information
Created by president Roosevelt the OWI's role in the war was to improve the publics understanding of the war and act as a liaison office with various media. -
Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signed this allowing the war department to declare any part of the U.S a military zone and move people from that zone if needed. -
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Military Segregation
Starting in 1943, the U.S military did not end all segregation during the war, they did have interstates bases. the African American role steadily expanded, through there success president Truman decided to fully integrate the military in 1948 -
Racism leads to violence
Racial violence erupted in Detroit as fighting between African Americans teens and whites triggered a citywide riot that left 25 African Americans dead and 9 whites dead.
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