(A) ** It controlled much of the American economy during World War II.
(B) It failed in its attempt to put an end to the Great Depression.
(C) It was created during the New Deal to give a boost to the economy.
(D) It created a red-tape bureaucracy that lasted well into the Cold War and beyond.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The correct answer is A. The War Production Board controlled much of the American economy during World War II. Explanation: The War Production Board was an agency of the US government, which was founded in 1942 after the US entry into the war on the orders of President Franklin D.
Concept note-2: -Which of these is the MOST accurate description of the War Production Board (1942-1945)? It controlled much of the American economy during World War II. Which two countries were allied during World War II but NOT after the war? were designed to supply Great Britain and other Allied nations with war materials.
Concept note-3: -History: Established as a World War II combined committee (United States-United Kingdom), January 26, 1942, to coordinate the development, expansion, and use of raw materials.
Concept note-4: -The WPB ensured that each factory received materials it needed to operate, in order to produce the most war goods in the shortest time. From 1942 to 1945 the WPB directed the production of $185 billion worth of armament and supplies.
Concept note-5: -Krug, 1944–45) was granted sweeping powers over the nation’s economic life. The WPB converted and expanded the peacetime economy to maximum war production; controls included assignment of priorities to deliveries of scarce materials and prohibition of nonessential industrial activities.