The Home Front WWII

Why did America's entry into World War II end the Great Depression?

• The government took complete control of the economy

• Factories increased production to support the war effort

• Americans began growing their own their own food

• The country decreased production of goods

Place " back home" where non fighting people help with the war is called the

• home base

• home front

• eastern front

• front lines

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

Sold to finance ($) the war

• Propaganda
• Liberty Bonds
• Draft Cards
• Stocks

These helped the government fight the war

• war bonds
• victory gardens
• scrap drives
• liberty bells

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

system of limiting goods available to consumers to ensure everyone had enough

• reparations

• dividing

• rationing

• enlisting

To make sure troops had everything they need, Americans were forced to ______________

• ration
• give everything they had to troops
• have less children

___________________________ helped to provide the military and industry with metal and materials needed for production

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

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

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