Monday-No School
Tuesday
Wednesday-
OPA and Rationing
The office of Price Administration was established in 1941 to control prices of goods
Food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meat; clothing rationing restricked silk and nylon
Gasoline Rationing-5 gallons per week; used to save rubber, not gas
A black market was used in stolen/counterfeit sitckers that were used in up to 30% of gasoline sales
By 1945, there were 32,500 motorists arrested for using false stickers, 1300 convictions, 4000 gas stations closed.
The A sticker was the most common of the WW2 stickers, and it gave 3 gallons of gas per week
The B sticker was given to business owners, and it gave 8 gallons of gas per week
The C sticker was given to construction workers, school teachers, ministers, Members of the Armed forces
The M sticker was given to Mail deliverers
The T sticker was given to truckers
The X sticker was given to other jobs that had high mileage
War Production board-encouraged people to mass produce
War Finance Commitee
Over the course of the war 85 million ameircans bought war bons totaling aproximately 185 billion
Helped pay for the War
It was an investment for US citizens
As low as 18.75 per bond
Ten years later the Gov't paid $25
Japanese Internment Camps
Most Japanese Citizens lived on the West Coast, and the gov't would invade their houses and take anything they found innapropriate, where they would be put in internment camps
This was because the U.S. did not trust Japanese Citizens in fear of an attack on U.S. soil
It was not a death camp, nor slave labor but paid people and gave children schooling
Effects of WWII on US
Stimulated economy
- 17 Million Jobs created
- Middle Class greatly expanded
- Average Wages increased 30%
Federal Power during the war increased
Shifted from state laws to federal laws- important during civil rights era and Vietnam War
More Women involved in the workforce
More rights for African Americans-integrated troops
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