Vocab
The two clothing items that were changed to conserve fabric were...
pocketless pants and pleatless skirts
pocketless pants/skirts without pleats
The OPA was made to...
control prices of goods
war/military
As people began saving materials for the military effort, ________ of almost everything occurred.
shortages
Shortages were...
a lack/scarcity of essential goods
People used ________ __________ to purchase specific items.
ration coupons
The OPA stands for...
Office of Price Administration
After the war, clothes were (higher/lower) quality. (Pick an answer)
higher
Inflation would raise the ______ of ______ items by a lot, making it even harder than it already was to purchase them.
True or false: victory gardens were both private and public.
True
The 3 foods in low supply that had to be rationed were...
meat, sugar, and coffee
The two items that required both money and ration coupons to be bought were...
shoes and gasoline
After the war, manufacturers shifted their focus back to making _______ ______.
consumer goods
The OPA set up a rationing system to limit the amount of ______ _____ people could buy.
scarce goods
Pocketless pants were a way to...
conserve fabric for the military
Which ships that imported this food item were busy with the war?
Coffee
Inflation could've caused the prices of scarce _______ _____ to increase rapidly
consumer goods
The new trend for women, dubbed the ____ ______, included full skirts and soft, feminine curves to fashion.
new look
Americans had to _______ supplies such as food, cloth, and steel.
ration
Rationing is...
the systematic distribution of scarce items
What food item was used as gunpowder?
sugarcane
The government was scared of more money going in workers' hands because...
They were scared of rising inflation
After the war, clothes became more _____.
luxurious/fancy/etc.
_______ _______ were a way to ration food, _________ _______ were a way to ration cloth, and ______ was needed for weapons, so stores no longer stocked lawn mowers, bikes, or hairpins.
Victory gardens, pocketless pants, steel