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1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
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Selective Training and Service Act
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Term used for American soldiers in WWII, derived from the term "Government Issue"
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GI
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Federal agency formed to coordinate issues related to war production during WWII
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Office of War Mobilization
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A type of large, sturdy merchant ship built in WWII
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Liberty ship
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A home vegetable garden created to boost food production during WWII
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Victory garden
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How did WWII end the Depression?
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The economy grew becuase of the mass production of goods we supplied to the Allied forces.
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What changes did American busissness make at the start of the war?
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They stopped making consumer goods and instead produced weapons and other wartime goods.
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