1. The WPB directed conversion of industries from peacetime work to war needs, allocated scarce materials, established priorities in the distribution of materials and services, and prohibited nonessential production. It rationed such commodities as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, paper and plastics.
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Planting Victory Gardens helped make sure that there was enough food for our soldiers fighting around the world. Because canned vegetables were rationed, Victory Gardens also helped people stretch their ration coupons (the amount of certain foods they were allowed to buy at the store).
3. The Double V campaign was a slogan and drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II.
4. While women during World War II worked in a variety of positions previously closed to them, the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers. ... In movies, newspapers, propaganda posters, photographs and articles, the Rosie the Riveter campaign stressed the patriotic need for women to enter the workforce.
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America's involvement in World War II had a significant impact on the economy and workforce of the United States. ... American factories were retooled to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%.
