Mobilizing for WWII.

1. Selective Service System- The Selective Service System contributed to moblizing the war byincreasing the draft size which eventually added 10 million to the 5 million who had already signed up.

2. Women- The Womans Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was formed to allow women into the army with non combatic jobs such as nurse, ambulance driver, radio operators, piolets, electricants etc. These women were givien pay and the same benifits as men, becasue of it thousands of women enlisted.

3. Minorities- Even though most of the minorities (African Americans, Native Americans, Mexicans, and Asians) did not think it was right for them to fight for a war for democratice freedom when they didnt have it in American made them not want to sign up. even though there was racisim 300,000 Mexican Americans joined the armed forces( even though they were the smallest contributer they had the most people die), 1 million African Americans, 13,000 Chinise Americans, and eventually 33,000 japanese Americans. These people also volunteered to spy of the enemy and were used as translator to see what the Japanese were up to when they were able to get close enough. Also about 25,000 native Americans joined 800 of them were women.

4. Manufacturers- The production of automoblies were shut down and were then used to build tanks, planes, boats and command cars. All across the counry factories were starting to contribute to the war effort not just tanks but things such as parts for bombs, shells, mosquito netting etc. Shipyards and defence plants expanded with speed, one aircraft carrier was said to have been made in four days.

5. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)- Founded by FDR the scientists were used to make improvements in radar and sonar to located subs under the water. DDT was encouraged to kill the bugs and to spray the soldiers with it so they wouldnt have lice. They also had new advancements in medican suchs as penicillin. the biggest job of these dcientists was to make new weapons, the Atomic Bomb. In order to get the bomb made faster the scientists were split into 3 groups which then became known as the Manhattan Project.

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7. Office of Price Administration (OPA)- The Opa fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods. COngress also raides income tax rates and extended the tax to millions of people who had never paid it before. The higher the taxes = the reduction on consumer demnd on scarce goods by leaving workers with less to spend.


8. War Production Board (WPB)- Insured that the armed forces and war industries recived the resources they needed to win the war. They decided which countries would convert from peacetime to wawrtime productions to help gain key materials. The WPB also organised drives to collect scrap iron, tin, paper, rags and cooking fat for recycling into war goods.School kids collected about 36 milllion pounds of scrap metal

9. Rationing- The OPA established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military. households recived ration books with coupons to buy scarce goods such as meat, shoes, coffee,and gasoline. Gas rationing was hard on people in the western regions because driving was the only way to get around, so they carpooled instead.