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How did World War II affect the economy?

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In 1939 9,500,000 people we're unemployed, at 1944 there were only 670,000 General Motors also helped unemployment as they took a $750,000 workers. the USA was the only country to become economically stronger because of World War II. over 500,000 businesses were also set up $129,000,000 worth of bonds were sold

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During the war 17 million new civilian jobs were created, industrial productivity increased by 96 percent, and corporate profits after taxes doubled.
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