U. S. History Administered May 2015

Dive Bombers, 1943

This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —

6. 
   maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels
   
7. 
   increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board
   
8. 
   outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions
   

1. 
   A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
   
2. 
   Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
   
3. 
   Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
   
4. 
   Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.