Building the Military
Government Issue
What is a G.I.?
settle labor disputes
What does the National War Labor Board do?
10 x the amount of WWI
How much was being spent on WWII?
across the ocean
what is overseas?
Women's Army Corps
What is the WAC?
Cars
What did the War Production Board create during peacetime?
Raised business taxes and required income taxes
What did the Revenue Act of 1942 do?
to move
what is shift?
Offices and Nurses
What did women in the military do?
Assembly lines
Where did the women in the factories work?
withholding taxes from paychecks
What is income tax?
to make scarce items available to people on a limited basis
What is ration?
Copilots, repairs, fly weather planes
What did the WASPS do?
2.5 million
How many women went to work in the factories?
protective measures taken by civilians in case of attack
What is civil defense?
Handle weapons, dig trenches, teawmwork
What did soldiers learn at basic training?
All industries changed
camp where Japanese Americans were kept during WWII
What is an internment camp?