Chapter 21 Lesson 1

More than 60,000 men enlisted in the service after Pearl Harbor, but about ____ million men were drafted from 1942 to 1946.

• 3 million

• 5 million

• 7 million

• 10 million

What positive effect did the war have on the lives of Americans?

• An economy that led to inflation and more consumer products.

• Many people got jobs and earned good wages for the first time.

• The federal government was down-sized during the war.

• Americans stopped buying Japanese products.

The goal by African Americans to eliminate racism at home and abroad was called the __________?

• Racism Project

• 'Double V" Campaign

• Harlem Project

• "Be an Army based on Race" Campaign

Which industry was suited the best for the mass production of military equipment at the beginning of the war?

• Construction

• Automobile

• Housing

• Petroleum

What effect did WWII have on African Americans?

• They were given jobs over white Americans.

• They moved from the cities to the farms in the country.

• They were put in internment camps.

• They demanded and received less discrimination in hiring.

Executive Order 8802 issued by FDR did which of the following?

• Allowed all Japanese-Americans to be re-located to concentration centers in the interior of the U.S.

• Forced the re-location of all German-Americans to concentration centers in the interior of the U.S.

• Forbade discrimination in federal hiring, job-training and defense industries.

• Forbade the integration of blacks and whites anywhere in the U.S.

A case of racial violence between whites and Mexican Americans occurred in _______ over the issue of “zoot suits”?

• Detroit, MI

• Tampa, FL

• Los Angeles, CA

• Houston, TX

How did the role of women change during the war?

• Their roles were not needed during the war.

• Their wages became equal with men.

• They were looked on as important only to give birth and replenish the U.S. population.

• They were recruited for jobs formerly reserved for men.

In Fred Korematsu v. United States, what did the Supreme Court rule?

• The Court ruled that Korematsu was a free man and not bound by the evacuation order because the order was based on race.

• The Court ruled that Korematsu was not included in the evacuation order because of his race but because the United States was at war with Japan and the proper military authorities feared an invasion of the west coast.

• The Court ruled that Korematsu’s constitutional rights were only violated in the way he was arrested.

• The authorities did not give him a loyalty hearing and so they had to release him. The Court ruled that Korematsu was indeed a Japanese-born citizen and therefore bound by the order to evacuate.

The government campaign to lure women into factories during the war to help produce war materiel was the image of a woman known as “____________”?

• "Susie Q. the Worker"

• "Tokyo Rose"

• "Rosie the Riveter"

• "Hannah the Helper"