How do you think the absence of 16 million people affected America’s economy and society? Check all of the boxes that apply. Wom
en who hadn’t been working would have taken the vacant jobs. Industries would not have produced as many war supplies as needed. Minorities would have gotten more opportunities and better-paying jobs. Children would have had to go to work. Families would have been disrupted. The public would have been fearful and discouraged about the war.
It was based on an idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports in an effort to collect precious metals like gold and silver
