World War II

Which of the following best explains this propaganda poster from World War II?

• Wheat can be used to create fuel for ships so use less wheat so fuel can be manufactured

• Sailors need to be fit in order to perform their duties, so by eating less bread, they will be in better shape and will perform better

• Farmers left their farms and went to work building ships, so there were less people to grow food, thus, less bread to eat

• Sailors need to eat in order to carry out their duties, so by eating less bread, it can be saved to feed the sailors

What top-secret military project developed a new weapon & tested it at Los Alamos, NM?

• Manhattan Project
• Fat Man Project
• Operation Gamma
• Operation Gold

How did war bonds, victory gardens, & scrap drives impact the war effort?

• they provided needed supplies for the troops
• they convinced people to work in war factories
• they caused anti-war rallys
• they had no impact

Which event caused the United States to declare war in 1941?

• Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

• the aggressive actions of Germany

• the sinking of the passenger ship Lusitania

• German attacks on American merchant ships

This example of propaganda was used to encourage

• women to join the army and fight

• women to stay at home with their families

• men to join the army and fight

• women to join the workforce

Permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior internment camps with primitive and crowded conditions away from Western coastal regions

• anti-Semitism
• Executive Order 9066
• war bonds
• rationing

Home project raising about one third of the nation’s vegetables during World War II

• anti-Semitism
• carpet bombing
• rationing
• victory gardens

People who do not fight in the war but support the fighting of a war by working in factories, rationing, growing victory gardens

• total war

• homefront

• Pearl Harbor

• Japanese Internment Camp

Why did Americans grow Victory Gardens during World War II?

• To exchange for extra ration coupons at grocery stores

• To sell the food for profit to the government

• To make sure they had enough food as the nation rationed

• If they grew a certain amount of food they could skip military service

Who was Rosie the  Riveter?

• The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
• a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
• A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
• A famous pilot