Paper 1 Section A : Impacts Of Second World War Flashcards
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What did America do in the war
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Lend lease - began 1941, sold help in various forms, sold$10 billion of goods to Europe , cash and carry basis
Wartimeoriductuon- 1944, made ha,f of worlds weapons , 2 x production of Japan and Germany combined
Extra workers- aa did job!75 million of them, migration to city to help
All available women - paid more, 7 milliion given oppourtu I ties in workforce! Took men jobs who were fighting.
2
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.ist some impacts of the war
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500000 businesses created
More jobs - defeated unemployment
Civilians encouraged I War bonds - gave money to government and recieved later, farmers had increased demand, aa saw less remains in other countries, wanted it in USA