Ch. 14 "America & WWII"

Agreements that the government made with companies instead of asking for bids

• cost-plus contracts

• government issues

• reconstruction contracts

• victory bonds

African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio

• Navajo code-talkers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• WASPS

• GIs

nickname for American soldiers because of their clothing

• Liberators

• WASPS

• GIs

• Code breakers

Which is true of the Liberty ship

• made from prefabricated parts

• took much longer to build than other ships

• cost less to produce than other ships

• were riveted instead of welded

Newspapers encouraged African Americans to join the war to achieve a double victory over Hitler's racism and racism at home in a campaign called

• V-II

• WASPS

• Selective Service

• Double V

Which US industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of military equipment?

• food industry

• textile industry

• automobile industry

• technological industry

Although women were barred from combat, they were able to enlist in this branch of the military for the first time

• Army

• Air Force

• Marines

• Navy

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was developed to give loans to

• farmers

• companies wanting to convert to war production

• small business owners

• companies willing to hire African Americans and women

cargo ships traveling in groups that were escorted by navy warships

• paratroopers

• B-25 bombers

• selective service

• convoy system

turning point in the war that put Germany on the defensive

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Bataan Death March

• Battle of Midway

• Pearl Harbor