https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1 en-us 2021-01-25 14:51:01 UTC 2025-01-03 21:56:00 UTC hello@padlet.com ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1136304364 The selective service is a random selection of men above the age 18 that have no mental or physical disabilities. 50 million men had been drafted over the course of WW2. ]]> 2021-01-28 13:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1136304364 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150058059 Women couldn't fight in the war, but that didn't stop them from helping. Over 200,000 served in the military, and even a select few became pilots.]]> 2021-02-01 17:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150058059 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150059731 Minorities served all throughout WW2, and they had great national pride about it. However when the 16 million men and women minorities returned, they were outcast and weren't treated as heros. Among these heros were teh 555th Paratrooper, best known as the Triple Nickles.]]> 2021-02-01 17:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150059731 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150062749 The Office of Price Administration main goal was to stabilize the economy, and did this by setting a maximum price for certain good. It also achieved its goal by started rationing popular goods. When the OPA shut down in at the end of June 1946, the overall living cost rose by 6%.]]> 2021-02-01 17:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150062749 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150064038 Rationing controlled the distribution of foods and goods such as sugar, bread, and gas during WW2. Families got a card and when then "cash" them in when they wanted. They did this so that they could send some of these supplies to the men and women in service. The amount of sugar that used per family was cut down by 50%.]]> 2021-02-01 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1150064038 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151606419 The main goal for the Office of War Information was to get men to join the army, and women to help with the war effort. They achieved this goal by spreading propaganda, propaganda that makes the enemy look bad, or ourselves better. Propaganda can be film, posters, a phrase, or just word of mouth that spreads biased information. Japan's version of the Office of War Information printed and dropped over 180 million leaflets.]]> 2021-02-02 02:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151606419 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607141 The Arsenal of Democracy was converting industrial machines there were used for making goods, to making supplies for the war. Some machines were converting to making bullets and bombs. 91% of all army helmets were stamped in Detroit.]]> 2021-02-02 02:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607141 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607456 War bonds were bought by regular people, and were used to help raise money for the war effort. These bonds were inside the stock market, and offered little to none return. The US gained 21.5 billion dollars from the war bonds.]]> 2021-02-02 02:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607456 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607729 The war production board supervised war production. By supervising war production, they could oversee the arsenal of democracy or converting factories to make war supplies. Aircraft production for military use went up from 6,000 to 85,000 in three years.]]> 2021-02-02 02:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151607729 ryananspaugh https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151608507 After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued 66% of Japanese Americans to move to an internment camp. The internment camps were cramped, but nice, they had all necessities and were allowed to play games. The people in the internment camp were under guard the entire time and couldn't leave though. Every Japanese American was given $20,000 aftwards.]]> 2021-02-02 02:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ryananspaugh/ry1uugyqxkh5hfu1/wish/1151608507