World War 2 Homefront Test Review

Migrant farm workers from Mexico became an important part of the Southwest United States' agricultural system as a result of ....

• the planting of Victory Gardens

• FDR's Executive Order 8802

• The Bracero Program

• The Great Migration

Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of ...

• the campaign to hire women to work in factories during WW2.

• women who joined the armed forces during WW2

• Japanese civilians who were sent to internment camps

• Mexican farmworkers who helped harvest crops

The purpose of a victory garden was to ...

• help the homeless to have more to eat during the war

• provide plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables for the troops overseas

• encourage families to grow and eat from their own home gardens rather than buy from the store..

• teach young people how to grow their own food in case America was taken over by an enemy country.

The US government asked American industry to help the war effort by converting the economy to war production. The government agreed to pay for the company's raw materials used to make war products with 

• Executive Order 8802

• the cost-plus system

• The east and west coast states

• Rationing

What was a major reason for wartime rationing?

• restricting lower-priced food imports

• ensuring that American troops had enough supplies

• providing jobs for the unemployed

• preventing deflation in the currency or money systme

Why were Henry Kaiser's prefabricated Liberty ships significant to the war effort?

• the ships were able to be constructed in 41 days

• the ships were used to deliver nuclear bombs

• the ships were the primary weapon to sink Nazi submarines

• Japanese Americans were required to build these ships in controlled factories

Conflicts between Mexican Americans and U.S. sailors in California during WW2 led to violent racial riots known as the

• Chicago Race Riots

• Zoot Suit Riots

• Victory Suit Riots

• Los Angeles riots

How did the U.S. government try to limit public consumption of food and fuel during World War 2?

• by establishing a system of rationing

• by encouraging people to buy war bonds

• by establishing a system of price controls

African Americans benefited financially from FDR signing Executive Order 8802 which 

• outlawed discrimination based on race in war production jobs

• provided better housing for African Americans in Northern cities

• created specials jobs for African Americans in the South

• allowed African-Americans to harvest crops in California

Besides enlisting in the military, how did American citizens aid the war effort outside of enlisting?

• They recycled paper, metal, rubber, and other materials

• They planted victory gardens to grow food.

• They formed car pools or rode bicycles

• All the answers are correct