WW2 & Bay Area articles 1 & 2 Flashcards
How many shipyards were in the Bay Area? How many did they employ?
30 shipyards in Bay. employed 244k
How many ships were produced in the bay?
Produced 1867 ships; ~1 ship per day for entire war
The largest shipyards ever built.
Kaiser shipyards largest ever built.
How many did Richmond Kaiser employ? how many of those were actual ship builders?
Richmond Kaiser employed 93k, 77k of whom were actual shipbuilders
In 1940, what was SF’s population?
How much was it growing?
What % was white/asian?
634,536
grown by 142 people since 1930.
95% white; 3.6% Asian.
How many AAs were in SF
by 1950, how many?
4846 AAs (<1% of pop)
1950 →43k AA (10x)
In 4 years during war Bay Area pop grew by ____
500k
_____soldiers processed at Fort Mason, which was ___ of all troops sent to the Pacific.
1.6 mill soldiers processed at Fort Mason. ⅔ of all troops sent to the Pacific.
Excluded sailors/marines
Post-war how many move to CA/day
West Oakland is ____% black
1500 move to CA/day
West Oakland 61.5 % black
What % of workers in the Richmond Shipyards were women?
13.7% women
(10,000 total)
Who was promoted to encourage women to work
“Rosie the Riveter” & “Wendy the Welder”
What attire do women workers wear?
Headscarves & thick denim pants/overalls
Who was the first in the nation to provided free childcare
Kaiser provided free childcare & first-in-the-nation healthcare
What was Kaiser first to do in the nation? what else did they provide?
Kaiser provided free childcare & first-in-the-nation healthcare
Message of the war was delivered _________ style in SF
Paul Revere
Office of Civil Defense issue ________ manual
“blackout” manual
How did people in SF protect themselves?
What was it similar to?
Each block has 2 air raid wardens on 12 hour shifts – keep city dark
Similar to London during Blitz in 1940
How many volunteers were there?
23,000 volunteers for 5k blocks
What happened to police/coast guard?
Police cancled. 60 Coast Gaurd sent to airport.
How many troops pass through Camp Stoneman to Fort Mason.
30k troops/day
in total, about 1.6 million
What headline runs in the sf chronicle? for how many days?
“Air Raid Rules” runs for 8 days
____ troops/day pass through Camp Stoneman to Fort Mason. in total _____ passthrough
30k troops/day pass through Camp Stoneman to Fort Mason. 1.6 mill passthrough
