APUSH Chapter 28 Part 5 Flashcards
War Production Board
WPB
supervision of war production
Stops manufacturing of nonessential items (cars, etc)
Ford motors “Willow Run” B-24 Liberator Bomber Plant
Bethlehem Shipyard(Hingham MA)
Fore River Shipyard (USS Massachusetts)
Office of Price Administration
Full employment , scare goods, inflation
Agency installs price controls
Oversees rationing of goods (meat, butter, etc) however some meatleggers cheat the system
Victory garfdens
Civil Defense
Air raid wardens
Mandatory blackouts
Civilian observation towers
Selective Training and Service act of 1940
1st peacetime draft in US history All men aged 21-35 required to register Later gets extended to 18-65 at the beginning of the war 10 mil drafter by the end of the war Roughly 2 million enlist on their own
Office of War information
Created by FDR in 1942 Convey War information and propaganda to Americans and foreign lands (pamphlets, etc) Used to convince viability of the war Encourage production, conservation Weaken enemy support
Women in Arms
WAC (Women’s army corps)
WAVES (Women accepted for volunteer emergency service–>naval reserve)
No combat–>most work in clerical roles (postmaster, typist, etc)
Women in the factories
6 million work outside home during war era –> many still employed
The bracero Prgram
1942
US agrees with Mexican government to import thousands of agricultural workers
Fair employment practices commission
1941
1.6 million African Americans leaves south for war industries jobs
Ensures equal hiring practices in war industries
“Double U” Campaign
Black newspapers call for 2 victories
1. Over dictators abroad
2. Over racism at home
African American community mobilizes to protest segregation
Unsuccessful during war, energizes post war civil rights movement
Army desegregated (1948)
Minorities in armed forces
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Codetalkers
442nd regimental combat team (Japanese Americans)
