WWII - Homefront & Special Groups

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?

• To encourage women to join the workforce

• To reduce health problems among working women

• To promote the purchase of organically grown produce

• To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of this WWII poster?

• To persuade citizens to enlist in the armed forces

• To inform citizens about the wartime dangers facing the nation

• To encourage citizens to volunteer to help support the war

• To notify citizens of mandatory programs for national security

Multiple Choice

This 1944 poster was produced most likely in response to the -

• growing demand for equal pay for equal work

• growing demand for personnel to support the war effort

• lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force

• lack of women able to serve in combat

Multiple Choice

What important military contribution did the Flying Tigers make during World War II?

• They were part of a volunteer group of US pilots that defended China from Japanese aggression

• They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military information in the Pacific Theatre

• They were among the first black servicemen to fly as military aviators in the US armed forces

• They were members of the tank division that helped liberate France after the invasion of Normandy

Multiple Choice

What important military contribution did Navajo Code Talkers make during World War II?

• They were part of a volunteer group of US pilots that defended China from Japanese aggression

• They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military information in the Pacific Theatre

• They were among the first black servicemen to fly as military aviators in the US armed forces

• They were members of the tank division that helped liberate France after the invasion of Normandy

Multiple Choice

What important military contribution did the Tuskegee Airmen make during World War II?

• They were part of a volunteer group of US pilots that defended China from Japanese aggression

• They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military information in the Pacific Theatre

• They were among the first black servicemen to fly as military aviators in the US armed forces

• They were members of the tank division that helped liberate France after the invasion of Normandy

Multiple Choice

The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to -

• give the US an advantage in military encryption

• encourage immigrant enlistment in the US Army during WWII

• decrease opposition to integrating the US armed forces

• increase the number of women joining the US military during WWII