Guided Research Activity Mobilizing the Home Front

Gross National Product:

Inflation:

Consumer Price Index:

Bond:

Office of Civilian Defense:

War Production Board:

National, Office of Price Administration:

Concepts – complete the following outline

1. 
   Building National ___________
   
   1. 
      The surprise attack on ___________ ended the argument between ___________, who wanted to avoid war and ___________, who wanted to enter the war.
      
   2. 
      One of President Roosevelt’s many war programs, the ___________, asked citizens to contribute _________________________________.
      
   3. 
      Another way farmers helped was ___________
      
   4. 
      The ___________ helped keep Americans informed about the war.
      
   5. 
      Three ways the media promoted national morale were
      
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2. 
   Staging a ___________
   
   1. 
      ___________ created the ___________ ___________ ___________ to oversee the nation’s ___________ by converting ___________ to war production.
      
   2. 
      The WPB limited ___________ not essential to the ___________.
      
   3. 
      Secretary of War ___________ said that “If you ___________.”
      
   4. 
      ___________ doubled, with people such as ___________ cutting in half the time it took to ___________.
      
3. 
   Directing a ___________
   
   1. 
      To control wages and ___________, President Roosevelt set up the ___________.
      
   2. 
      To control prices, FDR set up ___________
      
   3. 
      ___________, a controversial element of the war effort, limited ___________.
      
   4. 
      Archie Satterfield, in The Home Front, got around rationing by ___________.
      
   5. 
      With and operating budget of ___________, the US spent ___________ more on World War II than it had on ___________.
      
4. 
   ______________________ a No-Strike Pledge
   
   1. 
      ___________ enforced settlements between ___________ and ___________.
      
   2. 
      Although major ___________ pledged not to ___________ during the war years, when the ___________headed by ___________, were denied a ___________, they ___________ anyway.
      
5. 
   ___________ New Workers
   
   1. 
      The wartime ___________ was partly filled by (how many) ___________.
      
   2. 
      Women earned ___________ percent less than their male counter parts and had _______________.
      

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