(A) manufacturing more consumer goods
(B) increasing spending to stimulate the economy
(C) ** reducing consumption of resources needed for the military
(D) investing their savings in the stock market
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -During World War II, the federal government urged Americans to support the war effort by ? manufacturing more consumer goods, increasing spending to stimulate the economy, reducing consumption of resources needed for the military, investing their savings in the stock market.
Concept note-2: -To influence public opinion in favor of the war, the U.S produced films, commissioned colorful posters, published pamphlets and recruited everyday Americans to “sell the war.” These efforts helped create both modern American wartime propaganda and spurred the 20th century advertising industry.
Concept note-3: -The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. There was a general feeling of agreement that the sacrifices were for the national good during the war.
Concept note-4: -American Liberty Loan Bonds The Wilson administration knew the Great War would come with a large price tag. To generate the necessary funds, Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo created Liberty Loan Bonds.
Concept note-5: -The war’s effects were varied and far-reaching. The war decisively ended the depression itself. The federal government emerged from the war as a potent economic actor, able to regulate economic activity and to partially control the economy through spending and consumption.