Notes: blog discussion
- Women's role- Women worked in factories and took place of the men as they were fighting. Women's army corp, they tested things, were secretaries, transport, anything military but not combat involved. Waves(women navy) Wasp(women air force)
- Factories-War Production Board- We made more stuff than all of the allied powers. It helped us become the number 1 super power.
- War bonds- war bonds are loans to the Government to fund the war based on worth.
- Japanese relocation camps- after Pearl Harbor the US was fearful of Japanese and thought were spies or attacks. They were forced to relocation camps. We weren't purposely killing them but they died of lack of medical help.
- Propaganda- made to encourage people one way or another. some topics were war bonds, enlistment, Making US look good, do your own part and urgency.
- War rationing-Office of Price Administration- was made to regulate money and ration goods. Everything was rationed because majority of it went to the war effort. Black Markets come about.
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