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America Mobilizing for Defense (Americans Join the War Effort (Selective…
America Mobilizing for Defense
Americans Join the War Effort
Selective Service and the GI
10 million men were drafted
Basic training for GI took 8 weeks
Expanding the Military
General George Marshall formed the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Recruiting and Discrimination
Many minorities raised the question of why fight for democracy when they cant take part in democracy in America
Dramatic Contributions
300,000 Mexican Americans, 13,000 Chinese Americans, 33,000 Japanese Americans, 25,000 Native Americans, and One Million African Americans battled overseas
The Federal Government Takes Control
Economic Controls
Office of Price Administration fought inflationand raised income tax
War Production Board regulated production of war supplies
Rationing
All goods were rationed out to save for the military
A Production Miracle
The Industrial Response
Factoris across the nation ceased production to convert to wartime supply production
Labor Contribution
18 million labor workers during wartime
2 million minority workers
6 million women
A. Philip Randolph fought discrimination in labor work during wartime
Mobilization of Scientists
Manhattan Project was biggest development
Created improvements in radar and sonar and war technologies