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The system used in the United States to draft young people into armed service

The Selective Service System drafted 10 million soldiers on top of the 5 million who had volunteered.

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The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was established because “there are innumerable duties now being performed by soldiers that can be done better by women,” -Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall

The Women's Military Auxiliary Army Corps bill establishing the WAAC became law on May 15, 1942

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Minority Groups and Their Military Service

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Minority Groups and Their Military Service

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Minority Numbers who Served:

1,000,000 African Americans
300,000 Mexican Americans
33,000 Japanese Americans
25,000 Native Americans
13,000 Chinese Americans

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Over 6 million women had entered the work force for
the first time, boosting the percentage of women in the
total work force to 35 percent.

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The OPA fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents, rationed foods, such as meat, butter, cheese, vegetables, sugar, and coffee between 1942 and 1945

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Rationing was establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.

Under this system, households received ration books with coupons to be used for buying such scarce goods as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline.

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A debt security issued by a government to finance military operations during times of war

Some workers invested up to half their paychecks in war bonds.

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The War Production Board was the government's solution to the need to ensure that the armed forces and war industries received the resources they needed to win the war.

Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort, such as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics between 1942 and 1945

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Office of War Information was a United States government agency created during World War II to communicate through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, and be the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities.

The Office of War Information had a collection of about 108,000 photographs.

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The Japanese American Internet was the confinement of Japanese American citizens.

The army rounded up some 110,000 Japanese Americans