Explain two ways wartime mobilization impacted the domestic lives of citizens in the United States during the early 1940s.

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Amani Jefferson

16 March, 19:14

Explain two ways wartime mobilization impacted the domestic lives of citizens in the United States during the early 1940s.

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Brody James · Answer 1

Women became active participants in the workforce outside the home.

Rationing of many essential products became part of daily life.

Women in the workforce: Between 1940 and 1945 the percentage of women in the American workforce rose from 27% to 37%. The demand for workers pulled not only single women but married women into employment outside the home, elevating the number of married women working to around 25%.

Rationing: Sugar, coffee, butter, cheese, meat, canned foods and various other food products all became subject to rationing, as did other essential products like gasoline and fuel oil.