Topic 2: The Impact Of WW2 Flashcards
Roosevelt set up the War Production Board, what industries expanded because of these government contracts?
Coal, iron, steel and oil
What large company was given contracts by the government through the War Production Board?
General Motors who produces good such as machine guns
By 1944, what percentage of the weapons in the world were produced by the USA?
50%
What did conscription resolve?
Unemployment
1939: 9.5 million - 1944: 670,000
How many men and women served in the US armed forces?
16 million
How many people migrated from the rural south to industrial north for work?
4 million, mostly black americans
1 in 3 what were aircraft workers?
Women
What percentage of munitions workers were women?
50%
The Second World War helped Americans to recover from what?
The Great Depression
What could Americans exchange War Bonds for?
Money to buy consumer goods
Who replaced Franklin D Roosevelt in 1945?
Truman
What was Truman’s Fair Deal?
Improve the lives of the American people and boost the economy.
Increased minimum wage.
Gave old age benefits to 10 million more Americans.
What two wars kept the US industry busy?
The Korean War and The Cold War
What was the average wage of a factory worker in 1959?
$80
What luxuries became necessities once wages rose?
Televisions, cars, washing machines and refrigerators
