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The selective training and service act was a plan for the first peacetime draft.
African American forces were segregated and initially kept out of combat later the tuskegee distinguished themselves protecting american bombers. -
With so many men in the military, employers recruited women. Many of the jobs were nontraditional, such as working in factories.
Employers resisted hiring African Americans. A. Philip Randolph organized a march for jobs and integration for the military. -
Southern cities expanded, creating a new industrial region called the sun belt. President Roosevelt's war government removed thousands of Americans of Japanese, Italian, and German descent to relocation camps. -
The united states quickly increased war production because of plans to build war planes and a two ocean navy.
Roosevelt believed goverment and businesses must work together to prepare for war. The cost plus system encouraged war production. -
Demand for raw materials led to shortages. In response, the OPA began rationing. To finance the war, the government raised taxes and issued war bonds.