Significance to the war The significance Mobilization of resources has to the war is that companies can quickly shift from making one product to another.

Significance to the war

The significance Mobilization of resources has to the war is that companies can quickly shift from making one product to another.

America started to mobilize in response to the lend-lease act.

Background of WarMany different racial and ethnic

backgrounds joined the fight. Within a year the army grew from

about 1. 4 million to more than 3 million.

The navy increased from under 300,000 to more then 600,000.

The marines expanded from only about 54,000 to almost 150,000

Stats of those who Joined 300,000 Mexican Americas25,000 Native Americans Mexican and Native Americans served in

integrated units. About 1,000,000 African Americas joined

and served in segregated units. As more casualties occurred African

Americas sat more active combat, and even white combats

Training After training many combat veterans

complained that their training had been to hurried or that they had been too tired to pay attention.

They pointed out many of the subjects taught in training were irrelevant to the actually challenged they faced in battle.

Military TrainingManaged to break down barriers

between soldiers, making different kinds of lives they had lead as civilians unimportant.

Training created a sense of feeling like a unit, a deep sense of feeling loyal especially with those who shared the hardships of military life with them.

Women taking Control Over 350,000 women responded to

the call. In 1941 a women's army auxiliary

corps was established. Women army corps provided clerical

workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab technicians for the U.S army.

Over 150,000 women, volunteered for this service.

More then 57,000 women served in the army nurse corps, putting themselves in danger to care for the wounded.

Tanks Tanks of World War 2 were armored

vehicles developed for the armed era.

The armored vehicles were listed by the details and standard specifications of protection, such as firepower, mobility, and general information.

War Production Board January 1942- the government set up

the War Production Board. To over see the conversation of

peacetime industry to war industry. Office of the war mobilization was

there to supervise all of the efforts of citizens. Production of good Production contracts Negotiate with organized labor Controlling inflation.

Clothing and Equipment Clothing and Equipment evolved to meet

the needs revealed by over seas combat. Leather soled bootsThe cloth “leggings” U.S soldiers had wound around their calves were abandoned when army boots were redesigned to fit higher on the leg

Tin-helmets or round helmets with liner

Ration Cards and Food choicesThe C ration and K ration that were

issued to soldiers went into combat improved.

Army nutritionists discovered the foods that soldiers did not want any part of. A type of food canned meatVegetable hashInstant lemonadeWere not so popular.

Question 1True or False:

The only racial groups that could join the army were whites and African Americans.

Question 2America started to mobilize is response to:

a) Jim Crow Laws b) Lend Lease Act c) Marshall Plan

Question 3Fill in the blank

In January 1942 the government set up the ____ ______ board.

Work CitedIsserman, Maurice. America at

World War II. New York: fact on file, 1991.

Lapsansky- Werner, Emma J., Peter B. Levy., Randy Roberts, and Alan Taylor. United States History. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2008.

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