10.1d: War Mobilization

Which of the following contributed heavily to the end of the Great Depression in the United States?

• Defense spending associated with the Cold War

• Government investment in Space Race technologies

• The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• The wartime mobilization of the economy in WWII

Which of the following was NOT an example of American mobilization for WWII?

• Creating a peacetime draft

• Passing the Sedition and Espionage Acts

• Creating the War Production Board

• Selling victory bonds

Which of the following WWII agencies oversaw wartime conversion and the manufacture of war equipment?

• Fair Employment Practices Commission

• Office of War Information

• War Powers Act

• War Production Board

What was the purpose of rationing in the United States during World War II?

• To raise taxes on American families to pay for the costs of the war effort

• To open up markets in Europe for American-made products during the war

• To increase the production of military goods in spite of labor shortages

• To ensure that the nation maintained an adequate supply of resources

What was the MAIN purpose of the victory gardens that the federal government encouraged families to plant during WWII?

• To allow the federal government to draft agricultural workers into military service

• To conserve resources by having families and communities grow food for themselves

• To help grocery stores and markets remain in business during the long and costly conflict

• To ensure that the US was able to continue to meet European demand for agricultural goods

What role did “Rosie the Riveter” play during WWII?

• To persuade women to fight for equal pay

• To persuade women to be as strong as men

• To encourage women to enter the workforce

• To encourage women to look after their families while husbands were away

During WWII, African Americans

• Fought in segregated military units

• Moved from the North to the South to fill vacated agricultural jobs

• Were not allowed to fight in the military

• Received equal rights

Which statement accurately describes the Double V campaign during WWII?

• The Double V campaign stood for achieving a victory against fascism abroad and securing equal rights for African Americans at home

• The Double V campaign stood for the goal of forcing an unconditional surrender of Germany in the European theater and Japan in the Pacific theater

• The Double V campaign was an advertising campaign to motivate people to support a victory abroad and help the government meet citizens’ needs at home by buying war bonds

• The Double V campaign was an advertising campaign to motivate people to plant victory gardens and recycle important war materials such as scrap metal to support the war effort

The Tuskegee Airmen were important in US history because

• They dropped the atomic bombs that ended WWII

• They were created as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• They successfully defended American airspace from the Nazi air forces

• They showed that African Americans could fight as well as white troops

What does this poster, an official US Army poster from 1944, celebrate?

• the contributions of American women to the war effort

• the expansion of the military draft to include women

• the role of citizens in the sale of war bonds

• the importance of rationing vital resources