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weeks after the us joined the war congress passed the select service act which gives the president the power to draft soldiers

about 10 million men where drafted

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when the men got drafted alot of factories had open slots to fill so the women took the place of the men and they played an important part in the war

around 5 million women entered the work force between 1940 and 1945

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Minority groups and their military service

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Minority groups and their military service

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ethnic minorities served in the us armed forces during world war two all citizens were equally subject to the draft

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on december 27 1941 office of price administration initiates the first rationing program to support the american war effort it mandates from that day on that no driver will be permitted to own more then 5 automobile tires and later on they made a 2nd rationing program that limited the purchase of certain acomadies

as a result the black market flourished and studies estimated that 25% of all purchases during the war where illegal

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was a sacrifice for the common good during the war the U.S. government created a system of rationing limiting the mount of certain goods a person can buy on may 1942 americans received their first ration cards

items that were rationed include butter sugar bacon meats jams jellies lard nylon silk firewood coal oil tires gasoline dairy coffee

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a debt that is issued by the government to finance military operations during the times of war and conflict
during world war 2.

war bonds brought in 180 billion in revenue

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was a term coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt during one of his radio broadcast on december 29 1940 he delivered a speech that made a call to arm and support the allied powers. the allies turned towards the united states for assistance in the form of weapons planes tanks and munitions.

U.S. companies produced 2,665,196 vehicles of all types for military use by the end of the war

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the war production board was created in january 1942 to coordinate mobilization  and in 1943 an office of war mobilization was established to supervise a host of defence agencies

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six months after the bombing of pearl harbor the office of war information was created the owi served as an important propaganda agency it document americas mobilization for the war efforts in films text photographs radio programs an posters

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during world war 2 Franklin D Roosevelt issued executive order 9066 then from 1942 to 1945 it. was the policy of the U.S. government that people of chinese decent would be take into isolated camps enacted from the attack on pearl harbor internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of american civil rights in the 20th century

it effected the lives of 120,000 japanese people