Checkpoint 11: Impacts of War on the Homefront

Read the definition. Then choose the vocabulary term that is defined.

restricting how much people buy or use.

• riveting

• inflating

• rationing

• conserving

Choose the correct definition of opportunity cost.

• the value of what you have to give up in order to choose something else.

• to trade goods and services without using money.

• a process in which something is chosen at random.

• a saying that means that the first things to arrive or appear will be the first things to be taken care of.

Read the definition. Then choose the vocabulary term that is defined.

a family garden planted to support the war effort.

• victory garden

• riveting garden

• propaganda garden

• ration garden

Choose the correct definition of propaganda.

• information that is biased or misleading in order to promote a particular cause.

• information that provides all sides of an issue.

• information that is about the military.

• information that is verified by the government.

Choose the correct definition of riveter.

• a person who inserts and hammers rivets, metal devices used to fasten parts together.

• a person who restricts how much people can buy or use through rivets, cards used to track purchases.

• a person who grows a garden using rivets, a special gardening tool designed for use in small spaces.

• a person who worked in an office job using a rivet, a type of communication device.

During World War II most factories and resources were used to create items needed by _____.

• families

• soldiers

During World War II the supply of items needed by _____ was limited.

• families

• soldiers

During World War II many everyday items were _____.

• rationed

• distributed freely

The limited supply of items during World War II led many families to _____.

• starve

• overeat

• plant "victory gardens"

• protest with speeches and marches

How did MOST American families on the home front respond to shortages of food and supplies during World War II?

• Their common goals united them, and they were willing to make sacrifices.

• Scarcity of goods divided them, and they refused to make sacrifices.

• They became unsympathetic to the war effort and each other.

• They united to form protest groups against the U.S. government.