WWII Homefront

Declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat”

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Korematsu v. United States

• Marbury v. Madison

• Schenk v. United States

During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of

• Conservation

• Government spending

• Rationing

• Internment

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

• Rationing Coupons

• Government Savings

• International Donations

• War Bonds

The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called...

• “Fight for Right.”

• "Executive Order 8802"

• “Double V.”

• “Tuskegee Airmen.”

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

• The first woman to work in a factory during WWII

• A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements

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

• A famous female pilot who attempted a solo flight around the world.

The committee set up by FDR to investigate charges of discrimination in the work place was called

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Fair Employment Practice Committee

• Works Progress Administration

• Public Works Administration

Which of the following groups were associated with wearing zoot suits...

• African-American youths

• Japanese-American youths

• Mexican-American youths

• German-American youths

WW2, U.S. factories convert to make war supplies

• War Production Board

• Works Progress Administration

• Social Security Act

• WIC Program

The most famous group of black Americans to fight in WWII were the

• Tiger Tank Battalion

• Flying Tigers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• 442nd Flying Combat Regiment

To keep America focused on the war effort ____________________ was used extensively

• Intimidation

• Spot checking citizens to make sure they were following the rules

• Propaganda

• Muckraking