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US prepares for war (Americans join the war efforts (Selective service and…
US prepares for war
Americans join the war efforts
Selective service and the GI
5 million people volunteered for the army
Expanding the military
WWAQ was created by George Marshall
Recruiting and discrimination
Segregation was still going on
Dramatic contribution
More than 300,000 Mexican Americans joined the war
A production miracle
The industrial response
factories were used for war weapons
Labor contributions
More than 6 million of these new workers were women
Mobilization of scientists
Manhattan project-research of the atomic bomb
The federal government takes control
Economic
Roosevelt responded to this threat by creating the (OAP)
Rating
Families coped with shortages of everything from tired to toy