Women moved into the workforce to replace men who went in the military.
Draft boards.
Factories worked long and hard, many died of injuries or heart attacks to make sure our servicemen got what they needed, from bullets to socks.
gasoline rationing depended on your job.
Limited amounts of meat, sugar, coffee.
women's stockings were out, silk was needed for parachutes.
Ran your tires until nothing left and patched the heck out of them.
Planted "Victory Gardens" for fresh foods.
Collection of unused aluminum pans to build aircraft.
And the worst- bad news from the War Dept.
About one-third increase to the size of the United States. The states of Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah and some parts of New Mexico and the Gadsden purchase completes the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico. This land is from Mexico acquired by the United States.
First, had the Confederacy won the Civil War, slavery would have undoubtedly continued in the South. As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union victory, slavery was abolished. ... A victory by the North did equate to the end of slavery. A victory by the South would have meant the opposite.
