9. War Production Board
Organized and coordinated
industries to make quick, efficient
transition to production of war
materials.
No consumer autos were built during
war.
10. Office of War Information
Responsible for maintaining
morale – positive propaganda
11. Office of Price
Administration
Set prices, rationed goods,
fought inflation and black
market – assured military
needs were met
12. War Labor
Board
Settled disputes between business
and labor
Avoided strikes and maintained
morale
13. Fair Employment
Practices Committee
Prevented employer
discrimination against workers
Foundation for the civil
rights movement of the
1950s
14. Conduct of war
Two front war for the U.S.
Europe first
H/O
(See War Strategy H/O)
15. World War II Allies
Included Great
Britain, Free France,
the USSR, and
nationalist China.
22. NATO
Designed to block or contain
Communists, especially
Soviet, expansion
Ignored George Washington’s
advice against permanent H/O
alliances Cold War
23. Communist victory in China
Nationalists flee to Taiwan
Government there recognized as
China by the United States and the
U.N. until Nixon
24. Korean War
Communist North Korea attacks South
Korea, the U.N. responds
Armistice terms restore status
quo
41. 1969. Nixon’s visit to China
Communist China had already
become the U.N. member, now
President Nixon’s visit opened new
friendly relations with this huge
nation