https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd en-us 2020-01-15 15:34:33 UTC 2025-12-23 20:32:30 UTC hello@padlet.com kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/431902523 This is a system of agency of the United States government that maintains information on those who may have a chance in the military. September 16, 1940 -  the United States put in motion the Selective Service Act, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft.  By the end of the war in 1945, 50 million men between ages 18 and 45 had registered for the draft]]> 2020-01-15 15:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/431902523 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436786805  In WWII rationing was a big problem because the civilians were not getting enough food, but if they joined the military they would have a bigger ration.
Rationing in WWII, Bacon & Ham 4 oz,Other meat value of 1 shilling and 2 pence (equivalent to 2 chops)Butter 2 oz,Cheese 2 oz,Margarine 4 oz,Cooking fat 4 oz,Milk 3 pints,Sugar 8 oz.]]> 2020-01-28 03:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436786805 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436787178 bonds are a debt by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war. 
War Bonds during WWII decreased the chance of inflation & corruption of society. Over the course of the war, 85 million Americans purchased bonds worth a total of more than $180 billion.]]> 2020-01-28 03:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436787178 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436788597 The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps  was made for the purpose of needing extra help with the war. Many women in WWII provided work for jobs including building ships, fire officers, nurses, etc. about 350,000 women served as uniformed auxiliaries in non-combat roles in the U.S. armed forces.]]> 2020-01-28 04:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436788597 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436788940 Many minorities served in the US army during WWII. All citizens were up for being in the military. All minorities were given the same rate of pay as the Americans. The only bad part about this was some of the ethnic people were fighting against their own country.
             Ethnic citizens

• 13,311 Chinese,
• 20,080 Japanese,
• 1,320 Hawaiians,
• 44,000 American Indians,
• 11,506 Filipinos,
• 51,438 Puerto Ricans.

]]> 2020-01-28 04:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436788940 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436790370 The Office of Price Administration  was established with the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II.
The ODA established rationing essential consumer goods during WWII.

Rationing in WWII

• Bacon & Ham 4 oz.
• Other meat value of 1 shilling and 2 pence (equivalent to 2 chops)
• Butter 2 oz.
• Cheese 2 oz.
• Margarine 4 oz.
• Cooking fat 4 oz.
• Milk 3 pints.
• Sugar 8 oz.

]]> 2020-01-28 04:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/436790370 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437008611 The Board was a United States government made on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies between the War Department and the Navy Department. War Production Board played an important role in WWII with allowing the transportation of war supplies. ]]> 2020-01-28 15:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437008611 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437009830 Japanese had it bad during WWII because the US made camps just for them, they were established during WWII by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. It was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Japanese Descents were put into this caps for the actions on Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war. The United States rounded up 120,000 people of Japanese people. ]]> 2020-01-28 15:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437009830 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437011879 Women played many roles during WWII. At home and in uniform. As the men fought, women on the home front worked in defense plants and volunteered for war-related organizations, & managing their households.
More than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry in 1943, representing 65% of the industry's total workforce As men drafted into the war, women contribute by taking over their jobs that they left.]]> 2020-01-28 15:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437011879 kyleadams https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437014279 The Office of War Information was a United States government agency created during World War II. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities. Many posters were widely used by the United States for use during World War II, so more americans would join the war.]]> 2020-01-28 15:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleadams/5uph4aa18ykd/wish/437014279