Unit 2 Lecture 7

Question 1

_______ is more into people lives as the country shift from domestic to military production

Answer 1

Government

Question 2

War powers act

Answer 2

Gave the president more excutive power in his presidency & led to an “Imperial presidency” where there was an abuse of power

Question 3

Majority of people were paying _____

Answer 3

Taxes, it was seen as patriotic to pay for taxes

Question 4

Revenue Act of 1942

Answer 4

Got more people to pay more taxes (Government pay for war by selling bonds & raises taxes)

Question 5

Growth of federal bureaucracy

Answer 5

Result from the government more involved in people livs & moblizing for the war where mor people were employed by the government

Question 6

Agencies headed by “Dollar - A - year” Men

Answer 6

Men in chrage of federal agencies & business took small amount of money from the government but stayed on their payroll

Question 7

War production board

Answer 7

Allocated scarce resources to people & military, managed idustrial to military conversion

Question 8

Tax - write offs to companies, factories, etc to encourage them to shift from ______ to ________ productions

Answer 8

Domestic to wartime productions

Question 9

Henry Kaiser

Answer 9

One of the biggest contractors, his nickname was the “mircale men” were he applyed the assemble process to making ships & was able to produce many ships in a day (those ships were called “liberty ships”)

Question 10

Government - businesses partnerships ______ during WW2

Answer 10

Strengthed

Question 11

Government entrepreneur

Answer 11

Buisness man that got rich because of government contracts

Question 12

Buisness-government partnership & suspension of anti-trust laws led to what?

Answer 12

Larger corporations

Question 13

National war labor board

Answer 13

Settle labor managment problems, set workers wages, etc

Question 14

Office of price adminstration

Answer 14

Determine prices for consumer goods for everyone & rationing

Question 15

Selective service & war manpower commission

Answer 15

Determined who could serve in the military & who was vital to the war effort, the war manpower commission even decided when workers could transfer from one job to another

Question 16

Military Mobilization

Answer 16

15 million men & women served in armed forces during WW2 whether in the military or nurses for the amy or in factories, they also screened out people to see who fits for war & tried to avoid having gay people in the army

Question 17

What was women doing for the military moblization?

Answer 17

Joining non-combat duties & organziations to help the fight

Question 18

War Work

Answer 18

Women & African - Americans benefited from wartime work opportunties since there was a demand for labor

Question 19

Rosie The River

Answer 19

Was a campaign for women to work in factories saying “We can do it”, & many women during that time left being a housewife to work in factories but was expected to also work in factories & take care of their family after (basically two jobs)

Question 20

Women still faced _________, sexually harrassment, low pay, etc working in factories or traditonally men jobs

Answer 20

Discrimination

Question 21

Labor Unions

Answer 21

Didnt care about women issues, labor unions were seen as patrotic & they went on a no-strike pledge where they agreed not to go on strike during the war

Question 22

National War labor board in 1942

Answer 22

Set wages, hours, etc & have the government stop companines that didnt respects labors, the workers wages basically doubled

Question 23

Smith - Connally Act 1943

Answer 23

Forces a 30 day cooling off period so a strike didnt break out (Basically outlawed strikes in defense industries like factories)