- Created

to help with increasing needs in the military; Over 250,000 women served in this and other branches during the war

- Instituted the draft, or conscription.

- Set up the rationing system and froze prices on many commodities in order to prevent inflation

- Made decisions on which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries

- Various media used in the US during WW2 to increase support for war efforts and allied victory as well as hatred for the enemy.