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As you read about how the United States mobilized for war, note how each of the
following contributed to that effort.
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1. Selective Service System

Drafted 5 million into military service.

2. Women

Women became part of the military es nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, and electricians.

3. Minorities

300,000 mexicans joined the army.

4. Manufacturers

Factories were transformed into wartime production.

5. A. Philip Randolph

President of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. Organized a march on Washington for African Americans to fight for their country.

6. Office of Scientific Research
and Development (OSRD)

built the atomic bomb.

7. Entertainment industry

Built anti german and anti Japanese feelings through propaganda in their movies.

8. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Fought inflation by freezing the price of most goods.

9. War Production Board (WPB)

Decided which companies would convert to wartime production.

10. Rationing

Fixed allotments of goods for the people of the country to save money and food.