The correct answer is C) the government order production to stop so factories would make planes and tanks.
The thing that happened to U.S. automobile manufacturing during the war was that the government order production to stop so factories would make planes and tanks.
Automobile industry during World War II stopped the production of cars and family vehicles in order to manufacture planes, tanks, and military vehicles. During those years they dedicated their production to the war effort. There was a demand for workers in the military industry. Historias believe that almost 18 million people worked in the military industry during World War II.
