Preparing+the+Economy+for+WWII

Financing The War [|Financing the War Summary]

The United States government was ready to spend whatever was necessary to sustain the war effort. Between 1941 and 1945, the federal government spent about $321 billion. Higher taxes paid for about 41 percent of the cost of the war. The rest of the money was borrowed from banks, private investors, and the public. All this increased the national debt to $43 billion in 1940, to $259 billion in 1945
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War Time Work Force
[|War Time Work Force] The wartime workforce by Patrick Ness

When World War II hit the United States the unemployment rates from the 1930��?s vanished. Many people got jobs for the war effort. Many workers formed unions so companies would meet there demands. Most Americans had jobs so the economy stayed straight. [|http://cff.cysd.k12.pa.us/~10pness/workforce.mov]

War Production War production by Brad McFarland [|Production Video Summary] The government created War Production Board in 1942. The president a pointed James F Brynes that was a member of congress and the president advisor to lead the office of was Mobilization. The Ford company made Liberty bombers and using the same assembly line techniques used to manufacture cars. Henry Kaiser created Liberty ships and he was famous for them and they were great ships that carrier supplies and troops. In mid 1945 the nation had 300,000 airplanes, 80,000 landing crafts, 100,000 tanks and armored cars , 5,600 merchant chips including 2,600 Liberty ships, 6 million rifles, and 42 billion rounds.