Module 11 Lesson 2 Quiz

What was the purpose of the War Production Board?

• to organize US factories to produce weapons and other equipment
• to organize US farms to produce food for Allied soldiers
• to help young men register for wartime service
• to help raise funds by selling war bonds

How did American civilians participate in the war effort on the home front? (Select three)

• Rationing food, clothing, and other items
• Collecting scrap metal
• Building air raid shelters
• Buying war bonds
• Evacuating children to the countryside to avoid bombs

Why did so many women work in factories during WWII?

• Many men left factory jobs to start farms
• Factories allowed for more flexible hours for working women
• Many men left factory jobs to fight in the war
• Factories paid higher wages than traditional jobs held by women

How did women serve in the military during WWII? Select two correct answers.

• as sailors in the navy
• as soldiers at the front
• as nurses in combat areas
• by flying planes on bombing raids
• by flying planes from factories to air bases

Why did the US government intern Japanese Americans living on the West Coast?

• Many Japanese Americans were captured as agents working for Japan
• The US government feared that they were loyal to Japan instead of the United States
• Many Japanese Americans helped take over factories on the West Coast
• The US government needed them to work on farms and in factories on the West Coast

What term is being described: A ten-day period in which white mobs attacked predominately Mexican American teenagers

• internment
• Red Summer
• Zoot Suit riot
• Bonus Army protests

What was the purpose for victory gardens? 

• To help raise money for the War 
• To have enough food for soldiers overseas 
• to help support the large number of growing men in the U.S.
• to fight obesity and to eat healthier 

How did war bonds, victory gardens, & scrap drives impact the war effort?

• they provided needed supplies for the troops
• they convinced people to work in war factories
• they caused anti-war rallys
• they had no impact

Executive Order 9066 ordered the mass internment of 120,000 ___________ on the assumption of them being foreign agents or at risk of being saboteurs.

• Japanese Americans

• Mexican Americans

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Irish Americans

What was the result of Korematsu v. United States?

• Japanese internment ended
• Japanese internment was upheld as constitutional
• Japanese internees received a $20,000 stipend for their trauma