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During World War II the Federal Government allocated millions of dollars for child care programs throughout the United States because A) Germany, Italy, and Japan offered similar programs for children there. B) Congress believed the welfare of children was too important to ignore. C) women were working in factories and needed help caring for their children. D) many children were orphaned and were sent to the United States for adoption.

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Your answer is C,Because the children's primary caregivers(women)had to take over the jobs left by the men who went to war.
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During World War II the Federal Government allocated millions of dollars for child care programs throughout the United States because women were working in factories and needed help caring for their children. Option C is correct.

During World War II, the federal government supported a nationwide program of child care centers, aiming to boost war production by freeing mothers to work. Labor force participation of women increased significantly during the war, and children of working mothers were eligible for the child care service.

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