WWII on the Homefront

Success in WWII depended on success of citizens on the ...

• Homefront

• European Theater

• Pacific Theater

• Navy ships

What did the media and entertainment help promote?

• Communism

• Nationalism

• Alliances

• Stock Options

During WWII, the government published lots of footage of what was happening on the front to show Americans details of war.

• True

• False

How were stereotypes used by movies, plays, and shows during WWII?

• To change people's minds about people from enemy countries

• To promote communism

• To positively portray people from enemy countries

• To negatively portray people from enemy countries

The government and industry worked together to change over from peacetime production to wartime production.

• True

• False

What is rationing?

• Determining what percentage of items is needed for a person

• Using only so much of a material/item to save for the war effort

• Buying up as much of one thing as possible

• Sending goods to people in another country

How did the US provide for the extra cost of the war?

• War bonds and sales tax

• Company bonds and sales tax

• War bonds and income tax

• Company bonds and sales tax

What were women who replaced men in factories nicknamed?

• Rosie the Riveter

• Sally the Strutter

• Emily the Electrician

• Franny the Factoryworker

Why did African Americans migrate more during the war?

• Discrimination

• Jobs in plants for war equipment

• To support the army

• Because of rationing

Who were relocated to interment camps during WWII?

• African Americans

• German-Americans

• Japanese-Americans

• women