1. A Production Miracle
Ms. Ha
Ch. 17 Sec. 1
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2. I. U.S. Industrial Response
A. Automobile production ends
1. Feb. 1942
2. Factories=retooled
3. War production plants

3. B. Plants now produce:
1. Tanks
2. Planes
3. Boats
4. War vehicles

4. C. Shipyards & defense plants
1. (1942) Seven shipyards built
2. “Liberty ships”: cargo
carriers
3. Tankers
4. Small aircraft carriers

5. II. Labor Contribution A. Employed: 18 million workers
1. New: 6+ million women
2. Welded & riveted
3. Paid 60% of wages a man
doing the same job made

6. B. Minorities
1. Hired 2 million
2. Strong prejudice at first
3. F.D.R. : executive order
4. End discrimination!

7. C. Asa Philip Randolph
1. Famous A.A. labor leader
2. March on D.C.
3. Forced F.D.R. to respond
4. Randolph won!

8. III. Scientists A. Office of Scientific Research (OSRD)
1. F.D.R. created it
2. New technology

9. B. Creations:
1. Radar & sonar improves
2. Pesticide DDT:fight insects
3. American soldiers: almost
free of body lice
4. Antibiotic: penicillin

10. C. Albert Einstein
1. Left Germany (1933)
2. Wrote F.D.R.
3. Told him about German
atomic bomb
4. Had split uranium atoms

11. D. “Manhattan Project”
1. Columbia University in
Manhattan
2. Massive research in 1942
3. Goal: build an atomic
bomb

12. IV. Federal Government Control
A. Inflation
1. F.D.R. : price freeze
2. Raised income tax
3. Inflation under control
4. Encouraged to buy war
bonds

13. B. War Production Board (WPB)
1. Nationwide drives
a. Scrap iron
b. Tin Cans
c. Paper
d. Rags

14. C. Rationing
1. Fixed allotment of goods
2. Ration books: coupons

15. 3. Scarce goods:
a. Meat
b. Shoes
c. Sugar
d. Coffee
e. Gasoline

16. 4. “Victory Gardens”
1. U.S. citizens
2. Grow their own vegetables