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Supply Priorities and Allocation Board- -oversaw the use of scarce materials and resources vital to the war
-created by FDR, ww2 |
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The Office of Price Administration
-used price controls to check inflation
-created by FDR ww2 |
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The National War Labor Board
-mediated labor-management disputes
-created by FDR, ww2 |
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War Manpower Commission
-directed the mobilization of military and civilian services
-FDR, ww2 |
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Office of War Mobilization
-Coordinated operations among all the new WW2 agencies
-FDR, ww2 |
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-FDR, ww2
-the president could:
-reorganize the federal government and create new agencies
-censor all news and info and abridge civil liberties
-sieze foreign-owned property
-award government contracts without competititve bidding |
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-FDR, churchhill, ww2
-proclamation calling for all peoples to live in freedom from fear, want, and tyranny |
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-FDR ww2
-allowed the president to sell, exchange, or lease arms to any country whose defense he judged vital to US security.
-great britain was the first beneficiary of massive aid |
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| -anti-new dealer who ran against FDR in his election for third term |
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-hitler's term
-living space for the "aryan" population |
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-FDR ww2
-Office of War Information
-created to engage the press, radio, and film industry in selling the war to the american people
-fueled the selling of war bonds |
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
-FDR ww2
-brought together government, business, and scientific leaders to coordinate military research. |
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-FDR ww2
- negotiated by the US and mexico
-brought more than 200k mexicans into the US for short-term employment mainly as farm and railroad workers |
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-led wildcat strikes by union members
-led more than halfmillion coalminers |
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