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American Life in the Great Depression — Unit test

Question 9 • AVAHS 26-27 CCPS SS US History Gr 11 (45.0810000) YL IC (Fall)

Two groups who benefited economically from wartime production were

Answer
A
soldiers and sailors.
B
African Americans and women.
C
the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers.
D
the War Production Board and the Defense Plant Corporation.

Explanation

Wartime production created many factory and industrial jobs as the military needed weapons, vehicles, and supplies. African Americans and women gained new employment opportunities and higher incomes as they entered jobs that had often been unavailable to them before the war. So the groups who benefited economically were African Americans and women.

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