Pros and Cons
War ended.....
the Great Depression
Government hired almost 4 million women in.....
clerical positions
President worried about inflation with rising ________and prices
wages
volunteers collected spare_____________, tin, and steel
rubber
Government (did what) to raise the money to Pay for the War
raised taxes
WWII doubled the size of the average annual....
¨income
2.5 million women were working in___________________ ¨aircraft factories, and other manufacturing plants
shipyards
¨In support, many American unions issued a “_____________-”
no strike pledge
volunteers collected spare rubber, tin, ____________and steel
aluminum
Government issued________ to Pay for the War
war bonds
Costs of WWII include Pressures and prejudices led to strikes and ....
¨rising juvenile delinquency
Wartime labor shortage forced factories to hire married women for......
industrial jobs
Roosevelt created the _____________________ and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES) to stabilize wages and prices
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
government encouraged people to__________ their own fruits and vegetables
grow
Congress refused to raise taxes as much as Roosevelt wanted, so the tax increase only covered _________of the war costs
45%
WWII Created 19 million
¨new jobs
Rosie the
¨Riveter
Roosevelt created the Office of Price Administration (OPA) and_____________________to stabilize wages and prices
the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)
US Citizens donated pots, __________, tin cans, car bumpers, broken radiators, and rusting bicycles
tires
Federal government spent more than____________ during WWII
$300 billion
Americans had to move where defense________________ were located and the housing conditions were terrible
factories
During the Great Depression, people believed that women should _____________ outside of the house
not work
_________________ tried to prevent strikes
War Labor Board (WLB)
___________ and ___________were also important to the production of explosives, so the WPB set up fat-collecting stations
Oils and fats
one way to lend the government money was
Buying bonds