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How did our effort in World War II begin? In other words, what resource was the most important in the entire campaign?

Warm-up

Today I will evaluate the effort that Americans made at home to create the resources needed to win WWII

Content Objective

US Army overwhelmed by volunteers after Pearl Harbor

Draft

African-American “Double-V”Hispanics- 17 Congressional Medals of Honor

Code-TalkersWomen

Civil Rights

Tuskegee Airmen Trailer

Windtalker Trailer

Two-ocean navyHow did the government get companies to make products as fast as possible?

Production “Miracle”

Rationing

Byrnes warns against lag in production

War Production BoardNo cars made for 3

yearsWhat should happen to

violators?

Rationing

What is a black market? Why do they exist?

Black Market

Top 10 MarketsBiological organsTransportation providersIllegal drugsProstitutionWeaponryAlcohol and tobacco Copyrighted mediaCurrencyFuelPeople?

Black Market

Black market- a market outside of the established state market.

Black markets exist because…

Black Market

Read pgs. 288-293 Complete study

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