HIST 1312 1st Edition Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture I Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact II Invasion of Poland and Declaration of War A Blitzkrieg III Ships for Bases and Lend Lease IV Election of 1940 V Japanese U S Relations A Pearl Harbor VI War in the Pacific and War in Europe A Operation Torch and Operation Overlord VII V E Day VIII Firebombing in Tokyo and the Atomic Bomb Outline of Current Lecture I WWll Recruitment Working A Rationing Aviation Medicine II Post WWll A Baby Boom Generation B G I Bill Education and V A Mortgages C Demographic Shift and Conformity Current Lecture l If men had flat feet or glasses they would not be allowed to enlist in the army so they d have to work in the factories with the women This would emasculate them so to make them feel like men again comic strips come out specifically Superman This made the men who had to stay in America feel more like super men themselves A Every family got a ration coupon book This gave you permission to buy a product We rationed because we had just come out of the Great Depression and everyone has money now We prevented inflation by doing this People also invested in war bonds and rations reminded people they re part of the war effort Jet engines and radar were being developed Because of injuries on the battlefield Penicillin and other new drugs are created These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute ll A Baby Boomers came from men returning from the war to consummate their marriage Many children popped up at this time B The G I Bill allowed veterans to get free education and extra money to live on and we offered V A mortgages for veterans They can walk in with 0 down and if they couldn t pay one month the V A would pay for them C Suburbs started being put in Levittown massed produced 2 or 3 bedroom homes and most houses were identical Families lived in conformity because if they didn t they could be considered Communists
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