Unit 7 WWII: Concept Checkpoint #3

What is the homefront?

• Items sold to generate money for the war

• Information used to sway public opinion

• Covers the activities of civilians in a nation at war who did not go off to fight

• Name for the organization that collected spare rubber, tin, & steels for the war

What is the "Arsenal of Democracy" mean?

• How the US homefront protected democracy during WWII

• Information used to sway public opinion

• Covers the activities of civilians in a nation at war who did not go off to fight

• Name for the organization that collected spare rubber, tin, & steels for the war

Select two ways the US Homefront was an "Arsenal of Democracy"

• Encouraged people to ration food & participate in scrap drives

• Sold war bonds & stamps to pay for the war

• The government had to reduce the number of jobs so that more people could fight in the war

• The government regulated the economy to maintain prices

What is propaganda?

• Items sold to generate money for the war

• Information / image used to sway public opinion

• Covers the activities of civilians in a nation at war who did not go off to fight

• Name for the organization that collected spare rubber, tin, & steels for the war

What is rationing?

• organized to collect spare rubber, tin, aluminum, and steel 

•  limiting the availability of products

• system of selling bonds & stamps to Americans to help pay for the war

• Information used to sway public opinion

What are Victory Gardens?

• organized to collect spare rubber, tin, aluminum, and steel 

•  limiting the availability of products

• system of selling bonds & stamps to Americans to help pay for the war

• Planting your own food so there is food for the military

What is Selective Service System?

• organized to collect spare rubber, tin, aluminum, and steel 

•  limiting the availability of products

• system of selling bonds & stamps to Americans to help pay for the war

• Expanded the military draft

Select THREE WAYS that we discussed in class that Americans could help on the WWII homefront

• Carpool with other Americans to save gas

• Buy stamps & war bonds

• Save items such as waste fats, tin, steel

• Stream special radio talk shows that would donate ad money

• Write persuasive essays about WWII

What did many industries switch to during World War II?

• Wartime production, producing weapons & military equipment

• Peacetime ONLY, producing ONLY normal consumer goods

• Communication production, producing new technology for easy communication

What was the job of the War Production Board?

• Decided which companies converted from peacetime to wartime production

• Responded to the demand increase by freezing prices

• Provided education to veterans returning from war

• Limited wage increases & negotiated benefits