World War II

The purpose behind the Rosie the Riveter poster was:

• To get women out to vote

• To encourage women to work in factories during the war.

• To support a Constitutional Amendment on women's suffrage.

• To promote equal pay for equal work.

What message did this promote to women:

• Empowerment

• Submission

• Defeat

• Diversity

"The living conditions in the concentration camps were wretched and if disease did not finish them off first, the inmates were marked unfit for labor. The idea was to kill through labor. Of the 35,000 who worked at Auschwitz, at least 25,000 died."

Which Group was targeted and imprisoned by Nazi Germany?

• Native Americans

• Japanese Americans

• African Americans

• European Jews

The systematic attempt to annihilate an entire race of people , Hitler's Final Solution is called:

• Commune

• Blitzkrieg

• Holocaust

• Total War

Which group was sent to internment camps during World War II in America?

• Jewish Americans

• Italian Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Native Americans

Germany, Italy, and Japan became the aggressors during World War II and were called:

• The Big Three

• Comrades

• Axis Powers

• Evil Buddies

Which country did Adolf Hitler control?

• Italy

• Japan

• Russia

• Germany

Why did the government set up ration booklets for citizens?

• To end the Great Depression

• To force businesses to produce more products

• To keep prices down and ensure everyone had access to products.

• To raise the price of all products.

What was the reaction of the United States to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• They declared war on Japan the next day

• They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia

• They asked Great Britain for help

• They waited several months to see what would happen next

What day was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?

• September 1, 1939

• December 7, 1941

• July 6, 1942

• June 6, 1944