EOC Spot Check Homefront WWII

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What is the overall purpose of this Executive Order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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to ban discrimination in defense industry jobs

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Which civil rights leader would have played the largest role in pressuring this executive order dealing with fair employment in WWII?

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Philip Randolph

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Which was seen as a precursor to the Civil Rights Movement? Options: Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, Operation Torch, Double V Campaign

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Double V Campaign

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What was the purpose behind the call for Victory Gardens during World War II?

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Canned fruit and vegetables were rationed during the war so civilians were encouraged to grow their own produce to supplement.

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This photograph shows U.S. residents at an internment camp during World War II. Many of these people had been residents of what state?

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California

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What are the sites located on this map?

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Internment camps for Japanese during World War II

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From 1942-1946, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps. Which of these BEST explains why this was a Constitutionally questionable practice?

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People were denied their right to a trial before being interned.

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Which does NOT describe a way that U.S. civilians contributed to the war effort during World War II? Options: rationing, buying war bonds, women entering the workforce

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draft evasion

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The United States financed its efforts in World War II by

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increasing tax rates and selling war bonds.