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THE UNITED STATES AT WAR
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FOCUS QUESTION:What would the United States have to do to prepare for this?
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FOCUS QUESTION:What would the United States have to do to prepare for this?
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PEARL HARBORJapanese attack brings U.S. into the warU.S. sets strategy in motion
• Initial outrage against Japan• Determined to defeat Germany first
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THE HOME FRONTWorld War II was a Total War
• Entire American society was directed toward the war effort
• No one did not take part in the war effort
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ECONOMYEconomic activity took on a wartime footing
• Massive military contracts sent production soaring• Lifted U.S. from the Depression
Directed by the War Production Board• Production of nonessential items were halted• Large-scale rationing of commodities• Some companies fought to have their products
listed as ’essential’The U.S. produced much of the war materiel used by the Allies
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INFLATION CURBSOffice of Price Administration created to prevent runaway inflation
• Less consumer goods could equal higher prices• To keep morale up, prices capped
With full employment concern rose over higher wages
• War Labor Board set caps on wages• Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act limited ability of
workers to strike
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FINANCEWorld War II cost the U.S. an estimate
$341 billion • ($4.137 trillion in today’s figures)
How do you finance this?• Taxation• War Bonds (135 billion sold in total)
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MORALENeed to keep up morale at homeSponsored numerous activities
• Victory Gardens• Meatless and Wheat-less days• Scrap Drives• Civil Defense Drills
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SOCIETAL SHIFTSFull Employment and Military Demands opened new opportunities
• African-Americans brought into numerous industrial jobs
• Bracero program opened opportunities for Mexican-Americans
• Five million women entered the industrial workplace
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