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SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT 1 ST PEACETIME DRAFT IN US HISTORY MEN BETWEEN 21-35 AT FIRST, LATER ON 18-45 MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL MEN IN THE AGE RANGE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT
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> 15 MILLION MEN SERVED 1 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS FACED DISCRIMINATION SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS AS THE WAR WENT ON, MORE OPPORTUNITIES AROSE ABOUT 300,000 MEXICAN AMERICANS
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US STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DEPRESSION WHEN THE WAR STARTED HOWEVER, WHEN THE WAR STARTED, PRODUCTION INCREASED, SALARIES INCREASED, UNEMPLOYMENT NEARLY VANISHED MANY MOVED TO THE NORTH AND THE MIDWEST FOR THE HIGH PAYING FACTORY JOBS IN THESE AREAS ON THE WEST COAST, MANY MOVED TO THE SHIPYARDS FOR WORK AGRICULTURE WAS DOING WELL TO HELP FEED AMERICA AND EUROPE AGAIN
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WAR PRODUCTION BOARD CREATED AGAIN TO OVERSEE THE PRODUCTION FOR WAR MATERIALS BANNED THE PRODUCTION OF CARS IN 1942 LATER ON THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION REPLACED THE WPB
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GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED SCRAP DRIVES COLLECTED SCRAP METAL, RUBBER RATIONING WAS STARTED CONTROLLED THE ITEMS AMERICANS COULD BUY EXAMPLES INCLUDED MEAT, DAIRY, BUTTER... COFFEE, GAS, SHOES
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THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION TRIED TO KEEP THE US POPULATION INFORMED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE WAR SENSITIVE MATERIAL OF COURSE WAS SENSORED TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT “A SLIP OF THE LIP MAY SINK A SHIP”
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TAXES WERE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE WAR TO HELP PAY FOR IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS PEOPLE HAD TO PAY INCOME TAXES THE GOVERNMENT SOLD WAR BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE REST
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AS THE MEN LEFT, WOMEN REPLACED THEM IN THE WORKFORCE RECEIVED LESS PAY THAN MEN ABOUT 300,000 WOMEN SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES WOMEN’S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS (WAAC) HELPED WITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WOMEN AIR FORCE PILOTS (WASP) FLEW PLANES IN THE US TO THE BASES FROM ALL OVER THE US
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ARMY AND NAVY NURSES SERVED IN COMBAT AREAS
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BROUGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVED NORTH TO THE OPEN JOBS IN THE NORTH THEY WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND PAID LESS THAN WHITE WORKERS
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A. PHILIP RANDOLPH BLACK LABOR LEADER VOWED TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC IF THE PRESIDENT DID NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF BLACKS FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE FDR CREATED THIS ACT IN RESPONSE TO RANDOLPH IT PREVENTED DISCRIMINATION IN WAR INDUSTRIES AND GOVERNMENT JOBS DUE TO RACE
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MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO MOVED TO WHERE THE JOBS WERE MEXICAN WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE U.S. FOR WORK (CALLED BRACEROS) MEXICAN AMERICANS ALSO FACED DISCRIMINATION IN 1943 THERE WAS A RIOT IN LOS ANGELES WHERE MEXICAN AMERICANS WERE ATTACKED WAS CALLED THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS (BECAUSE OF THE CLOTHING THEY WORE
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MORE THAN 125,000 JAPANESE LIVED IN AMERICAN AT THE TIME OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK 2 TYPES OF JAPANESE 1. ISSEI BORN IN JAPAN 2. NISEI BORN IN AMERICA AND FULL U.S. CITIZENS
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GOV’T FEARED THE POSSIBILITY OF SPYING OR SABOTAGE BY THE JAPANESE MOVED THEM TO INTERNMENT CAMPS STARTING IN 1942 MANY JAPANESE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MILITARY MOST SERVED IN EUROPE MANY WERE USED AS INTERPRETERS
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