Homework Check 12.1

Match the following

• cost-plus contracts

• mass-produced basic cargo transport used during the war

• Korematsu v. United States

• agreements the government made to produce military equipment, instead of asking companies for bids.

• Liberty Ship

• first allowed women in the Military in 1942

• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

• symbol of the campaign to hire women during World War II

• "Rosie the Riveter"

• stated that the relocation of Japanese Americans living in most of the West Coast was constitutional

During World War II, the army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barrd from

• combat.

• clerical positions.

• the barracks.

• basic training.

The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort to achieve victory over Hitler's racism and over racism at home, in a campaign called

• "Fight for Right."

• "Victory Suit."

• "Double V."

• "Tuskegee Airmen."

The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of

• military equipment.

• ships and submarines.

• "Government Issues" clothing.

• buildings to house soldiers.

A difficulty facing cities with war industries was

• calming racial tensions.

• relocating Japanese Americans.

• finding housing for new workers.

• rationing.

The growth of southern California and cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region known as what?

• the Southwest

• the Sunbelt

• the Rust belt

• the Military Zone