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7.5 The Home Front

Authored by Gabriel Stuck

History

12th Grade

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7.5 The Home Front
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Americans on the home front demonstrated their patriotism and helped combat shortages by

purchasing government war bonds.

growing their own food in “victory gardens.”

buying and selling coupon books for rationed goods.

contributing to a “black market” for consumer goods.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066, which

classified them as enemy combatants.

designated certain areas as war zones.

retroactively revoked their citizenship.

banned resident aliens from owning property.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

President Roosevelt helped increase employment opportunities for African Americans when he


issued Executive Order 8802.

instituted the Congress of Racial Equality.

created the Office of Price Administration.

founded the United Service Organizations.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why was morale on the home front during World War II so important?

The government feared that many people would support the Axis.

Americans needed to keep producing the materials and food needed to fight the war.

Lack of morale on the home front caused soldiers to desert.

Defeats like the Battle of Midway caused Americans to lose hope.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The main function of the federal Office of War Information was to


collect money for the war effort through the sale of war bonds.

boost the morale of troops by sending popular entertainers overseas.

generate support for the war effort and boost morale through the media.

intercept enemy intelligence and relay it to the troops on the frontlines.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How was the federal government able to borrow money from U.S. citizens?


through the sale of government issued war bonds

through the sale of coupon books for consumer goods

through the American Lend-Lease Act

through the enlistment of volunteers to work government jobs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What demographic effects did the war have on northern cities such as Detroit and Chicago?


The population plummeted due to people going to fight overseas.

A large number of African Americans left there to work in shipyards on the West Coast.

A large number of African Americans migrated there from the South to work in the factories.

The population stayed roughly the same as auto factories were converted to produce munitions.

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