U.S. History			American Home front WWII	          	    Mr.T (god of teaching)
pp. 773-774, p. 779									____/33pts

1. (2pts) Why did FDR create the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)?

2. (2pts) Thanks to the OSRD’s actions, US soldiers may have been the first troops in history to be free of?

3. (2pts) What was one of the “miracle drugs” produced by the OSRD?

4. (2pts) What prompted Albert Einstein to write FDR urging him to investigate nuclear weapons?

5. (2pts) Why was the atomic bomb program called the “Manhattan Project?”

6.  (3pts each) FDR created the Office of Price Administration as a response to inflation. What are the 3 ways the OPA and Congress contained this threat?

7.  (3pts each) What 2 things did the War Productions Board (WPB) decide?

8.  (2pts) Why was rationing especially hard on those in western regions?

9.  (2pts each) Name the 2 all-black units that earned many citations.

10.  (2pts) Which unit became the most decorated of the war?