Unit 2 lecture 8

Question 1

What was people view on government being more involved in people lives?

Answer 1

They believed that the government should only get involved in people lives only to win the war

Question 2

New Deal’s “Offical” closed

Answer 2

New deal programs began to shut down since people were having jobs due to the demand for labor & war production increasing

Question 3

Second Bill of Rights

Answer 3

FDR plan for new federal social welfare programs, which it would guarnte that people will have jobs, food, clothes, etc (Congres didnt like the idea)

Question 4

Public was ______ FDR pushed for a social welfare programs but congress wasnt

Answer 4

Supported

Question 5

Servicemen readjacement Act of 1944- GI bill of rights

Answer 5

Brought more educations, medical care, pensions, etc for the american people which resulted in more opporunties for the average american

Question 6

Harry Truman

Answer 6

Was the democratic vice president candiate since FDR was sick & truman had the somewhat of the same values if he was to replace FDR

Question 7

People werre unhappy with government regulation of ______ but they made sacrafices for the war

Answer 7

Rationing

Question 8

What were some things people did to help the war effort

Answer 8

Made a civilan defense committes, rationing boards , recyling, victory garden - which were garden people would grow inn their yard to help rationing food (Was seen as patrotic if you had one)

Question 9

Office of war information (OWI)

Answer 9

Progranda machine that encouraged people to grow victory gardens & gave news on the war & promoted patritoism

Question 10

Hollywood made _______ films

Answer 10

Patriotic films like “Why we fight” to inspire people to further the war effort, & the movies focuesed on the homefront & individual scarfices by the people

Question 11

Wartime prosperity

Answer 11

People wages were doubling & making more money

Question 12

________ were american biggest problem

Answer 12

Rationing

Question 13

Office of price adminstration

Answer 13

Dicated consumer spendings, eating/ rationing, impacted society on how it operated, etc

Question 14

_________ was the state most affected by migration for the war

Answer 14

California

Question 15

_______ dicated where people lived, military station, defense jobs

Answer 15

Government & there were racial tension between african americans & white people even more

Question 16

Zoot suits riots

Answer 16

Riots against zoot suits which were young mexicans who were in gangs in california & they were seen as bad kids