WWII: The Home Front

Why were posters like this produced during World War II? 

• A. to encourage women to join community defense organizations in case of invasion 
• B. to encourage women to work in defense industries in order to support the war effort 
• C. to encourage women to serve in government and replace men drafted into the military 
• D. to encourage women to join the military and support their country by fighting overseas

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

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

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

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

In the United States during WWII, the role of women changed as they

• were drafted and assigned military roles equal to those held by men

• continued to work outside the home only in jobs traditionally performed by women

• made major contributions to the war effort by taking jobs in factories

• achieved positions of leadership in most major industries

In the United States, one result of WWII was that

• Americans became increasingly isolated from the rest of the world

• minorities were granted full civil rights

• industrial wages decreased

• the number of women in the workforce increased

Which was a major impact of WWII on economic life in the United States?

• The Federal Government supported the war effort without imposing wage and price controls

• Employment opportunities for women and minorities increased greatly

• The Federal Government encouraged inflation as a means of controlling consumer spending

• The nation experienced its greatest unemployment levels of the 20th century.

Women in the workforce during WWII were typically paid ___% less than men.

• 30

• 40

• 50

• 60

Which superhero fought the Nazis?

• Captain America

• Spiderman

• The Hulk

• Iron Man

What did the Supreme Court decide in Korematsu v. United States?

• Japanese Americans were forbidden to join US Army

• Putting Japanese Americans in camps was legal

• All Japanese Americans were sent to Hawaii during the war

• All Nisei must leave the country within six months (after Pearl Harbor attack)