Chapter 26 - Section 3, On the Home Front

Gathering resources and preparing for war

• appeasement

• disarmament

• mobilization

• genocide

During World War 2, items like gasoline, sugar, and meat were _________ because they were in short supply.

• rationed

• mobilized

• revenued

• ratified

What group of American citizens were sent to internment camps during World War 2?

• German Americans

• Jewish Americans

• Native Americans

• Japanese Americans

The 332nd Fighter group, a group of African American pilots trained for combat, is better known as the __________ Airmen.

• Bracero

• Tuskegee

• Riveter

• Tallahassee

A special group of __________ formed the "code talkers." They used a special code based on their language that the Japanese could not break.

• Navajo

• Nez Perce

• Hispanic

• Ojibwe

An advertising campaign featuring ______ encouraged women to take factory jobs.

• Bugs Bunny

• Rosie the Riveter

• Franny the Fastener

• Linda the Latcher

Prompted by the wartime need for labor, the United States recruited workers from Mexico in a program called the _________ program.

• contraband

• WPA

• tuskegee

• bracero

Many people planted "________ gardens" to grow vegetables which were in short supply.

• redemption

• victory

• ration

• triumph

The Revenue Act of 1942 required nearly all Americans to ______.

• buy war bonds

• pay income taxes

• provide shelter for soldiers

• switch to wartime production

________ played an important part in the war effort by serving in the WACS and the WAVES.

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Women

• Immigrants