(A) They lowered prices so people could afford to buy scarce goods.
(B) ** They switched production to making military goods.
(C) They gave discounts to customers who were in the military.
(D) They refused to use machinery that was made in Germany.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Besides turning industries around to wartime production, U.S. industries also supplied much of the military equipment needed by the Allies, including the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.
Concept note-2: -America’s response to World War II was the most extraordinary mobilization of an idle economy in the history of the world. During the war 17 million new civilian jobs were created, industrial productivity increased by 96 percent, and corporate profits after taxes doubled.
Concept note-3: -Problem: The economy needed to be converted from consumer production to military production. The government created a new agency (the War Production Board) to manage the conversion and to mobilize businesses behind the war effort.
Concept note-4: -The approval of the Lend-Lease Act shifted the U.S. economy into a wartime economy. Many businesses moved from the production of consumer goods to the production of war supplies and military vehicles. American companies began producing guns, planes, tanks, and other military equipment at an unbelievable rate.