Britt- 7.2 WWII Home Front

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Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position

• Propaganda

• Bias

• slogan

• Name-calling

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Aside from taxes, _______ was responsible for most of the war funding...

• Rationing Coupons

• International Donations

• Government Savings

• War Bonds

Multiple Choice

Who was Rosie the  Riveter?

• The first woman to work in a factory during WWII

• a representation of American women that went to work during WWII

• A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements

• A famous pilot

Multiple Choice

During World War II, many women experienced a change in role in that they

• served in military combat positions

• worked in jobs formerly held by men

• controlled most corporations

• chaired several congressional committees

Multiple Choice

prohibits ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry. It also set up the Fair Employment Practice Committee.

• executive order 9906

• executive order 8802

• internment of the japanese

• part of the lend-lease act

Multiple Choice

The 1941 March on Washington promoted greater

opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil

rights leader organized this event?

• Thurgood Marshall

• A. Phillip Randolph

• James Meredith

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Multiple Choice

What organization fixed prices on consumer goods and distributed ration books?

• War Consumption Board

• War Industries Board

• Office of Price Administration

• Price Administration Board

Multiple Choice

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

• Victory Farms

• Victory Gardens

• Farmer's Market

• Uncle Sam gardents

Multiple Choice

Each month you were given a stamp book a listed amount of groceries you could purchase, this was a way for the gov't to...

• withhold products for themselves later on

• help the OPA on pricings items in stores

• ration products to help with wartime shortages

• keep people in line from not re-selling the products

Multiple Choice

_______ was the limiting of purchasing many products to make sure there was enough available for military use.

• Couponing

• Dividing

• Reserving

• Rationing

Multiple Choice

What was Executive Order 9066 created and signed by President FDR?

• establishing new lands for boot camps to be built for army training across the U.S.

• created more money for the american people in these harsh times

• established zones for the relocation of Japanese-Americans into camps away from the public

Multiple Choice

U.S. Supreme Court, on December 18, 1944, upheld (6–3) the conviction of Fred Korematsu—for having violated an exclusion order requiring him to submit to forced relocation during World War II.

• Korematsu .vs United States

• Executive Order 8802

• Lebensraum

• Internment camps

Multiple Select

As America geared up for Total War, US Government policy on the Home Front during WWII can be summed up by which of the following (Choose 4 That Apply)

• Shut Up

• Produce

• Sacrifice

• Hate

• Love

Multiple Choice

President Truman created EO 9981 in order to:

• Create equal opportunities for men and women in the armed forces.

• To create equal opportunities for all persons in the armed services, regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin.