4. War Production Board

6. A group created by FDR to increase military production They directed the conversion of existing factories to wartime production They also supervised the building of new factories

7. Office of War Mobilization

9. Coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort Directed the production and distribution of all consumer goods

10. US Office of War Information

13. An important U.S. government propaganda agency during World War II Concentrated on such topics as aircraft factories and women in the workforce

14. Merchant Marines

16. A fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the United States. In time of war, the Merchant Marine is capable of being an auxiliary to the Navy, and can be called upon to deliver troops and supplies for the military. Merchant Marines

17. Executive Order 9066

19. Signed and issued during World War II by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 Authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones cleared the way for the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps

20. Internment camps

24. Camps located between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Mississippi River that held Japanese Americans during the WWII

25. Selective Training and Service Act

27. Provided for the first peacetime draft in US history Required all men 21 to 35 to register

28. Military enlistments

30. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, enlistments increased sharply with approximately 3 million men and women enlisting by the end of 1942

31. Volunteerism

33. There were many ways to volunteer to aid the war process This included men and women This included industry, home and medical areas Women also volunteered in the military in the WAVES and WAC

34. Rosie the Riveter

36. A patriotic female defense worker used in posters to promote women working in factories U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home.

37. Women in the Military

39. During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both at home and abroad. While traditionally female secretarial and clerical jobs took an expected large portion, thousands of WAVES performed previously atypical duties in the aviation community Women in the Military

40. Minorities in the Workplace

42. Many minorities relocated to industrial cities for employment at factories FDR signed Executive Order 8802 banning workplace discrimination in defense industries and the federal government, establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) to enforce the order.

43. War Bonds

45. Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war They generate capital for the government and make civilians feel involved in their national militaries

46. Rationing

52. Rationing was used to reduce use of items to provide necessary items to the troops at war Ration books were issued to create equality Rationed items included Gasoline Rubber Sugar Coffee Meat Cheese

53. Victory Gardens

56. These were gardens grown at home to help with rationing This allowed the commercial grown food to be sent to the troops at war