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Impact Of WWII on The Depression Flashcards

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1
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How many new workers were there and where as a result of WWII?

A

1.5 million in California

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2
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What ended unemployment?

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WWII

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How many women joined the workforce due to WWII?

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7 million

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4
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How did WWII increase government funds?

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$120 billion was given to the war bonds

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How did WWII increase wages and spending power?

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Many invested their income

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How did WWII lead to farming recovery?

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Farmers could get more money as USA exported food to its allies

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Over how many businesses started during WWII?

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Over 1/2 a million

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How did companies grow in WWII?

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Coca Cola became the most successful soft drink in the world and wrigleys was responsible for packing rations

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How did the government get money to spend on wartime production and what did this do?

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Through Americans who contributed $129 billion to the war effort by buying bonds, boosting the economy

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10
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What did lend lease send and to who?

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Arms, food, medicine and other equipment to the SU, China, France and others against Germany and China

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What was the main form of support to countries in the war and when did this begin?

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March 1941, lend lease where USA made materials for certain countries for mo payment received during wartime

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How much moneys worth of materials were shipped in lend lease?

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$50.1 billions worth

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What is isolationism?

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Keeping away from affairs of other countries

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How many women joined the armed forces?

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300,000 women

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Give a company that took on extra workers during the war.

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General Motors took on an extra 0.75 million

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16
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How were African Americans finding jobs?

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0.75 million African Americans found work in war industries

17
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How many worked in factories during the war?

A

14 million

18
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How was the USA effectively producing weapons and how does this compare to other countries?

A

By 1944, the USA produced almost half the weapons being made in the world, over 2x the production of Germany and Japan combined

19
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Around how many tanks and small guns were made between 1941 and 1945

A

Just over 102,000 tanks and just over 2 million small guns

20
Q

How did Roosevelt help meet war production needs?

A

He set up the war production board for advice

21
Q

Give three social improvements for women as a result of the war

A
  • In a government survey, 60% of American plant managers said that women were the best workers
  • 4 US states made equal pay for women compulsory
  • 1 in 3 aircraft workers were women
22
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Give 3 social set backs for women as a result of the war

A
  • 1 million women had to leave their jobs once the war was over
  • after the war, women were generally excluded from top paying jobs
  • on average, women earned 50-60% less that meme doing the same job
23
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Give 3 social improvements for African Americans due to the war

A
  • 2 million were producing war materials in factories
  • many African Americans stationed in Britain where going into pubs and restaurants with whites
  • hundreds of black officers where in the army and marines
24
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Give 3 social set backs for African Americans due to the war

A
  • discrimination for navy soldiers led to the death of 323 people who were mainly black in an unlawful accident in 1944
  • many African Americans were limited to menial tasks like cooking and cleaning in the army
  • membership for the National Association of the Advancement of Coloured People rose form 50,000 to almost 1/2 a million as they thought life would change but whites assumed things would return to ‘normal’
25
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How many women had war jobs by 1945?

A

6 million

26
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What fraction of female workers didn’t want to quit after the war?

A

3/4

27
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Give an example of how a segregated military was enforced

A

Whoever refused a segregated military went to prison

28
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What did black marines call themselves and why?

A

The lost battalion as there was so little they could do

29
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What group experienced most social improvements in the war?

A

Women

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