Coping with the War at Home



http://goo.gl/kmLEs Poster from the OPA



1.) What was the OPA? What was their job?

   - Office of Price Administration fought the inflation of prices by freezing the prizes on most goods.

2.) What was the purpose of the OSRD?

   - Office of Scientific Research and Development brought scientists to war to come up with new technologies, like the radar, sonar for locating submarines underwater.

3.) In what ways did Americans sacrifice during WWII?

   - Americans could not buy as much as they want because of the rationing or the establishing of fixed allotments on scarce goods or goods that were essential to the military.

4.) How similar or different were your sacrifices during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

   - People did not have to sacrifice during the iraq and Afghanistan Wars, they could buy whatever they want, unlike the Americans during the WWII.

http://goo.gl/97KlQ director of OSRD