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Chapter Introduction

Section 1:Mobilizing for War

Section 2:The Early Battles

Section 3:Life on the Home Front

Section 4:Pushing Back the Axis

Section 5:The War Ends

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Section 3

Daily Life in Wartime

The federal government took steps to stabilize wages and prices, as well as to prevent strikes. Americans supported the war through rationing, growing food, recycling, and buying bonds.

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• Both wages and prices began to rise quickly during the war because of the high demand for workers and raw materials.

– To stabilize both wages and prices, Roosevelt created the Office of Price Administration (OPA) and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES).

– The War Labor Board (WLB) tried to prevent strikes.

Daily Life in Wartime (cont.)

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• The demand for materials and supplies created shortages.

– The OPA began rationing many products to make sure enough were available for military use.

Daily Life in Wartime (cont.)

• Americans also planted victory gardens to produce more food for the war effort.

– The government organized scrap drives because certain raw materials were vital to the war effort.

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• To pay for World War II, the government raised taxes.

– It also issued war bonds to help make up the difference.

Daily Life in Wartime (cont.)

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Which office regulated wages and the price of farm products?

A. Office of Price Administration

B. Office of Economic Stabilization

C. War Labor Board 0% 0%0%

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rationing

limiting the purchase of many products to make sure enough were available for military use

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victory garden 

gardens planted by American citizens during wartime to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more for the troops