https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at en-us 2021-01-25 16:16:14 UTC 2025-02-17 19:18:19 UTC hello@padlet.com laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161976627 During WWII Congress passed the nation's first peacetime military draft, The Selective Training, and Service Act. Under this 16 million men between ages 21-35 were registered to be drafted. 1 million of these 16 million men were to be drafted for one year but were only to serve in the Western Hemisphere. ]]> 2021-02-04 04:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161976627 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161986137 During WWII the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was esablished and under this women could volunteer and serve in noncombant positions at war. Around 350,00 women served in this and other axuilary branches during the war. During this time women proved themselves as more than just people who stay home and can't do real work. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161986137 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161996736 WWII created much different racial inequality between different minority groups. These groups were restricted to segregrated neighborhoods and reservations and denied basic citizenship. These people questioned whether this was their war to fight because why fight for a country that clearly does not want them there, and is being unfair to them because of their background. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1161996736 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162004670 The Office of Price Administration (OPA) fought inflation by freezing prices on goods. Congress also raised income tax rates and extended the tax to millions of people who had never paid it before. The government encourged others to use their spare money to purchase war bonds. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162004670 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162010447 The Office of Price Administration set up a rationlizing system which limited the amount of goods people could consume because the military needed these goods. Households recieved ration books which had coupons that would be used for buying scarce goods. Rationining was a personal contribution to the war. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162010447 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162016840 War bonds were a common thing throughout WWII and they were a debt security issued by the government to finance military operation during the time of the war. War bonds offered a rate of return below the market rate, and investments were achieved by making emotional appeals and showing patriotism to lend the government money for the war.]]> 2021-02-04 05:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162016840 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162022665 President Roosevelt warned radio audiences that if Britain fell, the axis powers would be left unchallenged to conquer the world, at which point he stated "all of us in Americas would be living at the point of a gun." To prevent this situation the US had to help defeat the Axis threat by turning itself into "the great arsenal of democracy."]]> 2021-02-04 05:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162022665 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162028091 The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the US government that supervised the war production during WWII. This was established by FDR in 1942 with Executive Order 9024. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162028091 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162032135 The OWI served as an important US government agency during WWII. Propoganda was often biased information that was used to promote a political issue and persuade people. ]]> 2021-02-04 05:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162032135 laurenblassingame https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162040791 Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps.]]> 2021-02-04 05:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenblassingame/pe3igv2e2bkdd0at/wish/1162040791