| A | B |
| "Remember Pearl Harbor" | Unifying battle cry for the American public |
| Selective Service System | Expanded the draft by providing 10 million soldiers for the armed forces |
| General George Marshall | Army Chief of Staff that pushed for the formation of WAAC |
| Women's Auxiliary Army Corps | Women volunteers serving in non-combat positions |
| A. Philip Randolph | Threatened to stage a march on Washington to draw attention to the discrimination in war industries and the military |
| Office of Scientific Research and Development | Spurred improvements in radar and sonar |
| The Manhattan Project | Code name for research to create the atomic bomb |
| Office of Price Administration | Fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods |
| War Production Board | Ensured that war industries would receive the resources that that they need |
| rationing | fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to the military |