During the War, Americans

question 40

Multiple Choice

During the war, Americans

• A) experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline.
• B) found fewer consumer goods available by 1944.
• C) still suffered from high unemployment.
• D) were told that the end of war might bring a return of the Great Depression.
• E) experienced extreme deprivation.

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