WWII Study Guide

How did World War II affect women's roles in the military?

• Women were appointed to serve in military agencies, but were never made officers.
• Women were not allowed to enter the military, so they worked in factories and increased war production.
• Women were used as morale boosters at home and held fundraisers across the country.
• Women were assigned to vital noncombat services, such as delivering war planes.

How did World War II affect the average working-class family?

• It gave them a sense of patriotism and caused them to work for lower wages.
• It devastated them with the loss of family members to the war.
• It created a new economic class that competed with the poor for resources.
• It brought them into the mainstream of society.

What effect did World War II have on Americans' attitudes toward women in the workplace?

• It created the sense that women could not be relied upon to do manual labor.
• It became more acceptable and even desirable.
• It caused great concern that American values were worsening.
• It created tensions within minority communities who needed jobs.

What problem was created by the rapid movement of large numbers of people to factory towns?

• how to provide housing for all of these people
• how to pay these workers a fair wage
• how to prevent riots over food shortages
• how to ration fuel in factory towns to help the war effort

What was the ultimate fear during the Red Scare?

• that Soviet spies were crossing into the U.S. from Canada
• that the Soviets might gain ground in Asia
• that Communists would overthrow the U.S. government
• that Stalin would invade Europe

What was the Manhattan Project?

• the plan to use napalm in order to firebomb Japan
• the Japanese conference in which Hirohito agreed to surrender
• the U.S. strategy in the South Pacific
• the U.S.'s secret program to build an atomic bomb

What two factors convinced Emperor Hirohito of Japan to surrender to the U.S.?

• The U.S. concession that he would remain in power and the fear of the atomic bomb
• the use of the atomic bomb on Japan and the Soviets entering the war
• the capture of Iwo Jima and the firebombing of Tokyo
• the immense casualties of the war and the loss of public support

What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

• They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
• The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
• They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
• They took control of many Japanese islands.

Why was the United Nations (UN) created?

• to replace the League of Nations and include the United States
• to try Nazi war criminals
• to investigate the finances of German businesses
• to mediate disputes with the Soviet Union

World War II alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan

• Allied Powers
• Axis Powers
• Triple Entente
• Griffindor