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United States in World War II
Today's Objectives. 1)Evaluate how the U.S.
Prepared for war. 2)Identify how Americans
privately supported the war.
3)Discuss how the Federal Govt. Promoted the war.
United States in W.W.II
U.S. needed to prepare for war. Production would be key to winning.
Organizing Production
F.D.R. Created new boards to manage industries.
War Production Board Switched factories to
produce war goods. Cars → Tanks
Built new plants.
Organizing Production
Willow Run Factory (Michigan)
Built planes. 900 Acres big Parts came in one
end, planes flew out the other.
Kaiser Permanente Yards
• Built convoy ships• 1941: 355 days per
ship• 1943: 41 days per
ship
Organizing Production
U.S. Starts overproducing. Many armament jobs
open up. 22,000 → 486,000 in
bullet making alone. Unemployment disappears!
Entire Economy became a War Economy.
Organizing Production
Office of War Mobilization Managed consumer
goods. Ex. Regulated length
of fabric in clothing. Recycling!
Paying for the War
Fed. Govt. increased number of Americans paying taxes..
Sold war bonds. Office of Price Administration
Kept prices/wages stable Rationed consumer goods.
Rationing in W.W.II
Americans planted “Victory Gardens” Grew their own vegetables
to eat.
Cut back on consuming goods.
Training an Army
(July 1940) Selective Training and Service Act First Peacetime Draft in U.S. History 2/3rds of W.W.II soldiers draftees.
Promoting the War
Americans supported W.W.II heavily. Attack on Pearl Harbor gave them no choice.
Promoting the War
Office of War Information
Controlled flow of news at home.
Made films. Stressed American
values U.S. was
threatened!