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African Americans benefited financially from FDR signing Executive Order 8802 which outlawed discrimination based on race in war production jobs.

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outlawed discrimination based on race in war production jobs

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What was a major reason for wartime rationing? Options: restricting lower-priced food imports, ensuring that American troops had enough supplies, providing jobs for the unemployed, preventing deflation in the currency or money system

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ensuring that American troops had enough supplies

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The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States claimed that ...

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in times of war the U.S. could suspend citizens' rights in the name of national security

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Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of ...

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the campaign to hire women to work in factories during WW2.

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To pay for the War the federal government sold?

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War bonds

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Regulating the amount of goods a consumer can obtain

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rationing

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Permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior internment camps with primitive and crowded conditions away from Western coastal regions

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Executive Order 9066

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What does it mean to mobilize?

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To get prepared for war

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Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position

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Propaganda

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During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of

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rationing