Essential Questions:
1. What was the OPA, and what was their job?
-The OPA (Office of Price Administration) job was to fight inflation by freezing prices on most goods.
2. What was the purpose of the OSRD?
-The OSRD (Office of Scientific Research and Development) was used to bring scientists into the war; not to fight, but for their brains.
3. In what ways did Americans sacrifice during WWII?
-During WWII Americans sacrificed by high costs on merchandise, rationing (sharing equally), allotments (assigned amount), scare (little) of goods (ex/ meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline), carpooling (save time, gas, and money), coping with shortage of everything, and hoarding though "black market".
4. How similar or different were your sacrifices during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?
-The difference between WWII and Iraq/Afghanistan is that during WWII we knew what we were fighting for and that people had to sacrifice for their country.  |
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