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Chapter 17 Section 1
Mobilizing for Defense- America in WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Selective Service System do? | Only 5 million Americans volunteered for service so this system ecpanded the draft and recruited 10 million more men |
| What was the Women's Auxillary Army Corps? (WAAC) | a group of women who joined the army and served in non-combatant positions. this was pushed forward by George Marshall |
| Despite the huuuuge contributions of minorities in the war, what problem still existed? | Segregation, the army was segregated and many minorities were not allowed to serve combatant positions |
| What was the industrial response to the war? | Factories switched from making goods for individual use to making goods that would benefit the war effort. Car factories made tanks, bedspread factories made mosquito netting. |
| Who was A. Phillip Randolph? | One of the many minority laborers who believed that minorities had a right to defend and work for the wellbeing of their country. Eventually Roose passed a law against discrimination |
| What were scientist's roles in the war? | They researched chemical warfare (the atomic bomb) as well as medicine (pennicillin) |
| how did the government take control of the economy? | They froze prices on goods with the Office of price administration and created the National War Labor Board, War Production Board, and the Department of Treasury |
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