Remake of G3 P1 by Daniel McDermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7 How Ready Are We? en-us 2018-12-13 13:02:59 UTC 2025-11-07 01:30:18 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the OPA harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314222978 Office of Price Administration
The OPA fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.]]> 2018-12-13 13:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314222978 Women's Auxiliary Army Crops xavier_musa https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223070 The Women's Auxiliary Army Crops were greatly needed in the military's work force and was pushed by the Army Chief of Staff General George Marshal. Women volunteers would serve in noncombat positions. With some of congress disagreeing with this bill, ultimately the bill one and became law on May 15, 1942. Even though the WAAC had an official status and was given salary, most of the benefits went for the male soldiers.]]> 2018-12-13 13:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223070 Office of Scientific Research and Development xavier_musa https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223267 In 1941, Roosevelt creates the ORSD, so to bring scientists into war efforts. The ORSD made major improvements in radars and sonars, technology to sense and locate anything underwater, like submarines. Also made advancements in the DDT to fight off lice and other small insects. They made 🤬 and medicines that helps save countless lives. The OSRD major accomplishment was the atomic bomb, a bomb that release enormous amount of energy. ]]> 2018-12-13 13:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223267 What is the WPB harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223702 It rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort, such as
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  • he was the nations more respected African American labor leader
  • Randolph called on every African Americans to come to the capital so that they can march under the banner
  • Roosevelt was stunned when Randolph told him that he was bringing one hundred thousand African Americans
  • In the end it was Roosevelt who backed down not Randolph but his promise was to cancel the march
  • The president issued an executive order calling on employers and labor unions.

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    ]]>     2018-12-13 13:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314223743     Within weeks of the shutdown in production, the nation’s automobile plants had been retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars. They were not alone. Across the nation, factories were quickly converted to war production. dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314224235 2018-12-13 13:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314224235 What did the OPA do harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314224301 Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents.
    Rationed foods, such as meat, butter, cheese, vegetables, sugar,
    and coffee.]]>     2018-12-13 13:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314224301     This is a graph representing how many ships and aircraft were made during WW2 dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314225028 2018-12-13 13:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314225028 After Pearl Harbor, eager youngAmericans jammed recruiting offices.Even the 5 million who volunteered for military service, however,were not enough to face the challengeof an all-out war on two globalfronts—Europe and the Pacific. dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314226955 The volunteers and draftees reported to military bases around the
    country for eight weeks of basic training. In this short period, sea-
    soned sergeants did their best to turn raw recruits into disciplined, battle-ready GIs.

    ]]>     2018-12-13 13:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314226955     harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314227360 The WPB decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries. The WPB also organized drives to col-
    lect scrap iron, tin cans, paper, rags, and cooking fat for recycling into war goods.]]>     2018-12-13 13:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314227360     harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314227682 Congress also raised income tax rates and extended the tax to millions of people who had never paid it before. The higher taxes reduced consumer demand on scarce goods by leaving workers with less to spend.]]> 2018-12-13 13:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314227682 harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314228498 2018-12-13 13:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314228498 harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229235 2018-12-13 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229235 xavier_musa https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229816 2018-12-13 13:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229816 harrisrana723 https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229963 2018-12-13 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229963 Rationing establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military. dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229964 2018-12-13 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314229964 Under this system,households received ration books with coupons to be used for buying such scarcegoods as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline. Gas rationing was particularlyhard on those who lived in western regions, where driving was the only way toget around. dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314230410 2018-12-13 13:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314230410 When the war began, defense contractors warnedthe Selective Service System that the nation did not have enough workers to meetboth its military and its industrial needs. They were wrong. By 1944, despite thedraft, nearly 18 million workers were laboring in war industries, three times asmany as in 1941.More than 6 million ofthese new workers were women. dm6mcdermott https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314230859 2018-12-13 13:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dm6mcdermott/kp5exeogeiz7/wish/314230859