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World War II
Mobilizing for Defense
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Selective Service System
Required men to registerfor military service. Will raisean additional 10 million menduring World War II.
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War Production Board
The WPB decided which companieswould convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries
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Office of Price Administration
Fought inflation by freezingwages, prices, and rents.
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RationingThe OPA rationed foods suchas meat, butter, cheese, sugar,vegetables, and coffee.
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Victory Gardens
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War Bonds
The Department of Treasury issued war bonds to raise money for the wareffort and to fight inflation. YouTube - Bugs Bunny War Bond Drive WW2 Cartoon
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
The OSRD spurred improvements in radar and sonar, pesticides likeDDT, miracle drugs such as penicillin and the atomic bomb.
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Women
“Rosie the Riveter”
During WWII, women were activelyrecruited into what had been non-traditional work for women, includingsuch jobs as welding, machinist,construction, and bus and truckdriving. The image of “Rosie the Riveter” was used to encourage women to join the workforce.Rosie-Video
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African-Americans in WW 2• There were 698,911 African-Americans in
the Army at the end of June (1944) and 361,456 of them were serving overseas. A breakdown of the total Negro strength of the Army were as follows:
• Infantry - 44,869 Coast and Field Artillery - 38,517 Cavalry - 1,473 Engineers - 128,789 Air Corps - 79,027 And all other branches - 406,236.
• There are 5,957 officers, including 102 dental officers, 213 nurses, 508 Medical Corps officers and 239 chaplains
• YouTube - African Americans in World War II
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Entertainment Industry
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
In addition to promoting war bonds,Hollywood churned out war-oriented propaganda films likeHitler, Beast of Berlin.