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After 5 million men that volunteered to serve were not enough, the selective Service provided about 10 million more men to meet the needs of the draft.

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With the war starting many industry jobs were left open because of the men going off to be in the army. So the women became a big part by working as nurses, radio operators, ambulance drivers, pilots, etc.

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Minority Groups and their Military Services

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Minority Groups and their Military Services

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Minority groups made up a lot of the military in WWII. They were segregated and were mostly limited to noncombat roles only. Some of the men believed they were fighting other minorities to save the white men.

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As war production increased, there were fewer consumer products available for purchase. With demand increasing and supplies dropping then the prices went up. Then Roosevelt created the Office of Price Administration. This movement fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

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Aside from the OPA, there was also a system for rationing households received ration books with coupons to be used for buying scarce goods like meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline.

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A war bond is a debt security issued by a government to finance military operations. The government encouraged Americans to use their extra cash to buy war bonds. As a result of these measures, inflation remained below 30 percent.

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"Arsenal of democracy" was the slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These are words he used to describe the United States as he tried to arouse popular support for sending military aid to nations fighting against the axis powers.

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The government needed to make sure that the armed forces and war industries received the resources they needed to win the war. The WPB had that responsibility and the WPB decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw material to key industries.

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Enacted in reaction of the Pearl Harbor and the ensuring war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights.

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The OWI served as an important U.S. government propaganda agency during WWII. It documented America's mobilization for the war effort in films, text, photographs, radio programs, and posters.