American Home Front & Mobilization during WW2

American Home Front & Mobilization during WW2

Unit 7, Week 2, Tuesday

Open Ended

Pick one of the following terms and explain it in complete sentences.

Isolationism

Appeasement

Open Ended

Pick one of the following U.S. foreign policy acts & explain it in complete sentences.

Neutrality Acts

Lend-Lease Act

Destroyer for Bases Deal

Multiple Choice

Created by FDR to control production and distribution of materials during WWII

• War Production Board

• National Security Agency

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Civilian Conservation Corps

Multiple Choice

To make sure troops had everything they need, Americans were forced to ______________

• ration
• give everything they had to troops
• have less children

Multiple Choice

During times of war what is the "home front"?

• The site of military action and where major battles are conducted.

• Location where troops are loaded on to carrier ships along with supplies.

• The civilian population and their activities. Any aspect of wartime life.

• "Safe zone" from enemy attack. Usually reserved for elderly, women, and children to escape conflict.

Open Ended

What was the 2 major things that the OPA (Office of Price Administration) was in charge of?

Multiple Choice

What is one thing that changed for women and minorities during WWII?

• They had to join the workforce because of shortage of men

• They could vote

• They could BOTH own credit cards

Multiple Choice

Fictional character created as propaganda to encourage women to enter the workforce during WWII

• Rosie the Riveter

• Sally the Secretary

• Francis the Farmer

• Molly the Mother

Multiple Choice

This poster was an icon for

• women factory workers during WWII
• housewives
• transgender soldiers
• suffragettes 

Multiple Choice

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during war time to assure adequate supplies for the military.

• Axis Powers

• USS Arizona

• Rationing

• Allied Powers

Multiple Choice

Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort.

• Victory Farms
• Victory Gardens
• Farmer's Market
• Uncle Sam gardents

Multiple Choice

An important part of the home front campaign was

• Yearly vacations
• Eating out to support local businessess
• Consumerism
• Rationing

Multiple Choice

Posters like these promoted

• war bonds

• rationing

• war production

• liberty bells

Multiple Choice

Besides paying federal income tax, Americans supported the cost of WWII by

• Buying war bonds
• Working one week per month for free
• Adopting English war babies
• Having school fund raisers