War Bonds by SAVANNAH REILLY https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg Jia Mulvey, Savannah Reilly, Christina Calandra en-us 2017-10-02 15:39:49 UTC 2025-12-03 21:02:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Goals: reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193062941 They were to fund the government during the war and so the government would not go into debt. ]]> 2017-10-02 15:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193062941 Fuctions: reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193062994 Bonds were purchased to fund wartime effort.]]> 2017-10-02 15:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193062994 What did War Bonds Do? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063087 They were used as a way to limit the amount of money put into circulation because with employment at an all time high and the government limiting purchases with rations people had extra money to spend or invest.]]> 2017-10-02 15:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063087 How Did War Bonds Affect the Economy? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063509 They removed money from circulation and helped to control inflation.]]> 2017-10-02 15:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063509 Did War Bonds Receive Support or Criticism? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063721 They support because it was a voluntary program that was influenced by advertising and pier pressure from friends.]]> 2017-10-02 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193063721 Why Did the Government Establish War Bonds? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065213 Taxes played a large part in covering the cost of the war at the time (which was a total $304 billion). They were able to raise $136.8 billion, but the remaining $167.2 billion would need to be paid off using war bonds, which is why the government established them. ]]> 2017-10-02 15:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065213 Why Were War Bonds Allowed in Wartime vs Peacetime? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065497 During wartime, we had to pay for taxes and military expenses. They also had to pay families if they had a member in their family who died in the military. 
During peacetime, the cost that the people had to pay off was the $300 billion that the government payed for the war. The tax went up 5%. ]]> 2017-10-02 15:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065497 Are War Bonds Constitutional? reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065930 There were no constitutionality challenges to War Bonds because it was a voluntary program. There was probably a bit of peer pressure that came with war bonds because of lot of people did invest. There was no punishment by the government so, it didn't inflict on anybody's constitutional rights.]]> 2017-10-02 15:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193065930 Sources: reillys3 https://padlet.com/reillys3/hp76n7bravxg/wish/193805746 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/04/30/war_bond_history_how_the_wwii_campaign_annoyed_some_citizens.html

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