American economy WW2

what was the name of the organisation set up to help convert peacetime industries into munitions factories?

war production board

what two things did car companies begin to produce?

tanks and fighter planes

By 1944 unemployment had fallen for 9.5 million in 1939 to under how many million

one

name two raw materials which were in higher demand in the war

coal, iron

What proportion of the world weapons were USA producing

half

how many new businesses started up during the Second World War?

500,000

which company packaged Rations for the American soldiers?

wringleys

Which company set up plants all over Europe?

coca cola

What was the name of the money which work has lent to the government to help them pay for the war?

war bonds

how many workers moved from the rural south to the industrial north?

4 million