Lesson #35 - The Impact of World War II on Americans

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the rationing system introduced during World War II?

• to ensure that civilians could purchase luxury goods during the war

• to limit the distribution of goods to ensure the military had enough supplies

• to prevent inflation by controlling prices in the market

• to restrict the sale of imported goods only

Open Ended

What could be a reason for Tank Production to decline from 1942 to 1944?

Open Ended

Explain the trend of National Debt from 1940 to 1944 & provide one possible reason for the trend.

Multiple Select

Select the ways that Americans supported the war effort. (select 3)

• Workers stopped joining unions.

• Labor leaders agreed not to strike.

• People purchased war bonds.

• People planted gardens & recycled.

Open Ended

The list below presents some of the problems the federal government encountered during World War II. Write a sentence describing how the government addressed each problem.

• The economy needed to be converted from consumer production to military production.

Open Ended

The list below presents some of the problems the federal government encountered during World War II. Write a sentence describing how the government addressed each problem.

• The government needed large amounts of money to fight the war.

Open Ended

The list below presents some of the problems the federal government encountered during World War II. Write a sentence describing how the government addressed each problem.

• Inflation and overconsumption threatened the economy.

Multiple Choice

Using the chart how many African Americans served in the U.S. armed forces during World War II?

• 25,000

• 350,000

• 500,000

• 1,057,000

Multiple Choice

What kind of person would be likely to join the army?

• draftees and volunteers from many different social classes

• only working class Americans who didn't have other jobs

• only white Americans because the armed forces were segregated

• volunteers who spent their whole lives planning to join the army

Multiple Choice

According to the map, which of the internment camps shown had the highest peak population?

• Tule Lake

• Minidoka

• Heart Mountain

• Topaz

Multiple Select

Which of these factors contributed to the eventual internment of Japanese Americans?

• People of Japanese decent were ineligible for citizenship.

• The media accused Japanese Americans of being disloyal.

• Japanese Americans were more likely to have ties to their country of origin than Germans or Italians.

• The Japanese communities were less assimilated than German & Italian Americans.

• More Japanese Americans lived on the West Coast, where people feared a Japanese invasion.

Multiple Choice

How did World War II affect women?

• Women were not allowed to have jobs in war related industries.

• More women took over men's industry jobs, but did not directly join the military.

• Labor unions fought hard to ensure that women were being paid as well as men were.

• Women began taking more jobs outside of domestic industries.

Match

Drag the events into chronological order.

• A Phillip Randolph meets with FDR at the White House.

• FDR makes discrimination by defense contractors illegal.

• More African Americans move North & West for industrial jobs.

• Race riots break out between African American migrants & white residents of cities

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2

3

4

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which of these were NOT ways in which Jewish Americans responded to World War II?

• They fought in the military in high numbers.

• They lobbied the government to relax immigration laws and allow refugees in.

• They worried that that higher immigration levels would create a rise in antisemitism

• They were angry at the government for not helping refugees, and refused to join the army.

Dropdown

A ​

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proportion of Mexican Americans fought in combat units than any other ethnic group. While Mexican Americans were fighting in the war, the government founded the ​

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program to bring short-term laborers in from Mexico. Tensions between White Americans and Mexican Americans remained high, and broke into full violence in the ​

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Match

Match the following

• Double Victory Campaign

• Executive Order 9066

• Korematsu v. United States

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Japanese American Internment

A campaign to promote the contributions of African Americans during World War II

A presidential directive that led to the internment of Japanese Americans

A landmark Supreme Court case regarding civil liberties

A group of African American pilots who fought in World War II

The forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the United States

• A campaign to promote the contributions of African Americans during World War II

• A presidential directive that led to the internment of Japanese Americans

• A landmark Supreme Court case regarding civil liberties

• A group of African American pilots who fought in World War II

• The forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the United States