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America: War & Post War (WWII (Economic (Wartime Production (500,000…

- - - - Support for other countries through loaned war material
        
        Britain
        
        France
        
        USSR
        
        China
      - Began March 1941
      - $50.1 bill worth was shipped
      - Contracts were played with US firms, stimulating the economy
    - - 50% of global weapons production by 1944
      - Industrialists rallied behind Roosevelt
        
        Met with FDR in Jan 1942 for advice on war producution targets
      - FDR could raise taxes and spend money how he wanted
        
        Govt spending went from $20 b in 1941 to $97.2 b in 1944
      - 80% of contracts went to 100 firms
        
        Subcontracted thousands of smaller firms
      - 14 million factory workers
      - 500,000 new businesses started up
        
        Coca Cola
        
        Drinks for troops
        
        Wrigley's
        
        Packaging rations
    - - Effectively ended unemployment
      - 1.2%
      - 50% of women employed
    - - Decrease in exports due to German submarines
      - All surplus commodities could be sold
      - Overproduction less of an issue
      - Income went up to $12 bill
    - - Bought by Americans to support war effort
      - Contributed $129 bill
      - Promise of repayment with interest
  - - - 4 mill workers migrated from the South
    - - 2 m working in wartime factories
        
        Moved North
        
        Life w/o segregation
      - 1 m joined armed forces
        
        Limited to menial tasks
        
        Stationed in Britain
        
        Life w/o segregation
      - NAACP grew to 500,000 in membership
        
        Expectation of change
    - - 7 million women joined workforce
        
        35% to 50%
        
        1/3 of aircraft workers were women
        
        1/2 of munitions/electronics factory workers
        
        60% of managers accepted that women fulfilled roles more successfully than men
        
        Many returning soldiers disagreed with women working in well-paid jobs
      - 200,000 women joined armed forces
        
        Inspired women to continue in world of work