National efforts after WWI to mobilize more civilians in war effort. Country’s had different methods but many included elements of gender, race, and ethnicity. Civilians are attempted to be controlled by a government using fear or a scape goat which single out a single or group relating to gender, race, or ethnicity. In the US social and cultural mobilization by the government was spurred by using fear and the astrocytes Germany committed in Belgium.
The American mainland Homefront was never a battle ground of war but the US war effort depended heavily on what happened at home. The US government worked to mobilize citizens but had different aims of gender roles. The government used gender pointing to the destruction, killing and rap of Belgium …show more content…
With the pressure for women to help the war effort there was a dilemma between established gender roles and war needs. At this time the predominant idea for women was to be a mother and have kids. This was encouraged by the government supplements for having kids. At the same time industry was struggling with much of their work force now drafted into …show more content…
This left many new openings for women to get new jobs. This led to many working class women getting better jobs. As this was different to normal gender roles there was a push for women to join the work force and to encourage their husbands to accept and be proud of there wives. This included Rosie the riveter campaign and other propaganda. But in the end these jobs were only for the duration of the war and returned to the men after the war. On the other side the US government used ethnicity to control civilians in a more sinister way. On February 19th, 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order created what we called “Internment camps”. “Taking only what they could carry, a maximum of 100 pounds per person, the Arai family, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans headed to an unknown destination” (Dombrowski, pg. 218) Japanese along the Westcoast we taken from their homes and put into
The American mainland Homefront was never a battle ground of war but the US war effort depended heavily on what happened at home. The US government worked to mobilize citizens but had different aims of gender roles. The government used gender pointing to the destruction, killing and rap of Belgium …show more content…
With the pressure for women to help the war effort there was a dilemma between established gender roles and war needs. At this time the predominant idea for women was to be a mother and have kids. This was encouraged by the government supplements for having kids. At the same time industry was struggling with much of their work force now drafted into …show more content…
This left many new openings for women to get new jobs. This led to many working class women getting better jobs. As this was different to normal gender roles there was a push for women to join the work force and to encourage their husbands to accept and be proud of there wives. This included Rosie the riveter campaign and other propaganda. But in the end these jobs were only for the duration of the war and returned to the men after the war. On the other side the US government used ethnicity to control civilians in a more sinister way. On February 19th, 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order created what we called “Internment camps”. “Taking only what they could carry, a maximum of 100 pounds per person, the Arai family, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans headed to an unknown destination” (Dombrowski, pg. 218) Japanese along the Westcoast we taken from their homes and put into