https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz By Zachary Miller en-us 2020-01-15 15:31:53 UTC 2025-02-23 23:56:28 UTC hello@padlet.com zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431902515 Definition: A system where men of the age of 18 would be selected to serve in the war. During World War II, 49 million men were registered, 36 million classified, and 10 million inducted.]]> 2020-01-15 15:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431902515 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431919812 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was established to work with the United States Army, "for the purpose of making available to the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation." Over 150,000 American women served in the Women's Army Corps during World War 11.]]> 2020-01-15 15:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431919812 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431922380 Many minorities served in the military in WW2. Some include: Hispanic Americans, Jewish Americans, Native Americans, Chinese Americans, and others. 1 million African Americans served in the military in some way, shape, or form in WW2. ]]> 2020-01-15 16:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431922380 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431927524 Many factories and industrial plants sought out women because they worked for a much lower price than men. They did jobs such as: spinners, carders, and weavers. In 2016, 60.0 percent of women working in the manufacturing industry were white, compared with 18.7 percent Hispanic and 11.3 percent black.]]> 2020-01-15 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431927524 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431933385 The Office of Price Administration was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The roles of the OPA were originally to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II. The OPA issued  a general maximum-price regulation that made prices charged in March,1942, the ceiling prices for most commodities. ]]> 2020-01-15 16:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431933385 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431936821 Definition: Allows a person to have a certain amount of something. Typewriters, gasoline, bicycles, footwear, silk, nylon, fuel oil, stoves, meat, lard, shortening and oils, cheese, butter, margarine, processed foods, dried fruits, canned milk, firewood and coal, jams, jellies and fruit butter were rationed by November 1943.]]> 2020-01-15 16:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431936821 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431939433 Definition: They are debt securities issued by the government to help finance/support the war. 134 Million Americans were asked to purchase war bonds to help fund the war. ]]> 2020-01-15 16:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431939433 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431941251 The War Production Board was an agency issued by the government to oversee and supervise war production during WW2. It rationed such things as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics. It was dissolved shortly after the victory over Japan in 1945.]]> 2020-01-15 16:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431941251 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431943674 Purpose: To centralize the many information services of the U.S. government and create a single communication line about the war to the American people. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities.]]> 2020-01-15 16:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431943674 zacharymiller2 https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431946397 Japanese Internment camps were created in fear of Japanese American spies that would be disloyal and help Japan in future attacks following Pearl Harbor. Between 1942 and 1945 a total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas.]]> 2020-01-15 16:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharymiller2/43nbs1wb5pjz/wish/431946397