https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2020-02-14 17:52:50 UTC 2025-11-18 16:47:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445716905 The Government agreed to pay a company how ever much money it cost them to make a product, plus a guaranteed percentage of the cost as profit. 
The more the company produced, the more money the company would make. ]]> 2020-02-14 17:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445716905 aclaridge https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445719874 When the war started in 1939, the Ford plant at Windsor, Ontario, converted almost their entire capacity to producing military vehicles for Britain and its allies, and it quickly became the largest single source of military transport vehicles for the armies of Britain and other places like Canada, Australia, and the USA.]]> 2020-02-14 18:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445719874 bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445719979 The basic cargo ship used during the war. Most of these ships were welded instead of riveted, cause it was cheaper, easier to build, and harder to sink. ]]> 2020-02-14 18:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445719979 bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445721400 Campaign urged people of color to support the war in order to achieve a double victory.]]> 2020-02-14 18:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445721400 bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445722765 In April of 1943, General Davis urged the military to put African Americans into combat as soon as they could. The squadron was sent to the Mediterranean and helped to win the battle of Anzio in Italy.]]> 2020-02-14 18:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445722765 aclaridge https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445723731 September 16th, 1940. The Selective training and Service Act was passed. It made it so all men between the ages of 21 and 45 had to register for the draft. As long as they were well and able they would go into the military.]]> 2020-02-14 18:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445723731 bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445725022 White recruits did not train along side African American troops. 
African Americans had separate barracks, latrines, mess halls, and recreational facilities. 
Once trained, African Americans were organized into their own units, but White Military officers were usually in command of them. ]]> 2020-02-14 18:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445725022 aclaridge https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445726782 2020-02-14 18:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445726782 bshelley3 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445728270 Women were first allowed in the military through the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) but were not happy that it was not part of the regular army. A year later it was replaced by the Women's Army Corps (WAC). ]]> 2020-02-14 18:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445728270 aclaridge https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445728804 The War production board was a system created by FDR to help prioritize and regulate the production of war products. The OWM settled the arguments between the different agencies.]]> 2020-02-14 18:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445728804 igarcia63 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445732815 2020-02-14 18:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445732815 igarcia63 https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445733613 2020-02-14 18:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aclaridge/1kg3vpt30klp/wish/445733613