WWII-The Home Front

Why were posters like this produced during World War II? 

• A. to encourage women to join community defense organizations in case of invasion 
• B. to encourage women to work in defense industries in order to support the war effort 
• C. to encourage women to serve in government and replace men drafted into the military 
• D. to encourage women to join the military and support their country by fighting overseas

By the summer of 1942 nearly all major industries and nearly 200,000 companies had converted to war production. This best illustrates the term

• mobilization

• rationing

• discrimination

• propaganda

___________________________ helped to provide soldiers with food because Americans could rely on themselves

• Victory Gardens
• Victory Drives
• Scrap Metal Drives
• War bonds

What are War Bonds?

• A certificate that you buy for less in order to give the government money right away, then in a few years your make more money turning it in
• 007 secret agents that infiltrated Nazi Germany
• Rationing supplies in order to support the War effort
• The Atomic Bomb

In the United States during WWII, the role of women changed as they

• were drafted and assigned military roles equal to those held by men

• continued to work outside the home only in jobs traditionally performed by women

• made major contributions to the war effort by taking jobs in factories

• achieved positions of leadership in most major industries

In the United States, one result of WWII was that

• Americans became increasingly isolated from the rest of the world

• minorities were granted full civil rights

• industrial wages decreased

• the number of women in the workforce increased

Which was a major impact of WWII on economic life in the United States?

• The Federal Government supported the war effort without imposing wage and price controls

• Employment opportunities for women and minorities increased greatly

• The Federal Government encouraged inflation as a means of controlling consumer spending

• The nation experienced its greatest unemployment levels of the 20th century.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was responsible for

• building United States military bases in allied countries throughout the world

• providing education and home loan benefits for soldiers returning from WWII

• maintaining the size of the active duty military at its pre-WWII level

• sending the United States economy into a post-WWII recession

The poster indicates that rationing during WWII was a

• way of assuring that only the wealthy could buy certain products

• necessity caused by farm failures during the Great Depression

• program that was to be applied equally to all Americans

• policy to encourage small business owners

Which conclusion about the United States economy during WWII is most clearly supported by the information in the graph?

• Organized labor conducted frequent strikes during the war years

• The war led to improved economic conditions

• The Gross National Product (GNP) steadily declined during the war years

• Unemployment increased throughout the war