| A | B |
|---|
| WAC | Women's Army Corps |
| mobilization | a nation's preparations for war |
| War Production Board | helped convert civilian industries to war production |
| Office of Price Administration | set limits on consumer prices to prevent inflation |
| National War Labor Board | helped resolve labor/management disputes |
| $320 billion | cost of WWII to U.S. |
| Revenue Act of 1942 | required Americans to pay income taxes |
| war bonds | how the government borrowed money from Americans |
| blackouts | a period of time during which all lights were turned off |
| rationing | a limitaion of purchasing certain goods |
| victory gardens | small areas or plots of land used for growing personal crops |
| Office of War Information | governemnt office that promoted patriotism thru advertisements |
| Rosie the Riveter | An ad campaign character used to convince women to take factory jobs |
| Tuskegee Airmen | black pilots of WWII |
| code talkers | Navajo Indians used for USMC communications |
| internment camps | camps where Japanese-Americans were required to stay |
| bracero program | helped recruit Mexican-Americans to take jobs in factories |
| Congressional Medal Of Honor | U.S. highest medal for bravery |
| Fair Employment Practices Commission | helped fight discrmination in the workplace |
| Pearl Harbor | U.S. Naval base in Hawai attacked by the Japanese |
