M4L3 Mobilization to War Practice Quiz

Tough, resourceful, _____ students learn how to overcome obstacles and succeed. 

• Ration

• Disenfranchised

• Mobilize

• Conscription

During the war the armed forces were heavily dependent on ____. 

• Ration

• Conscription

• Propaganda

• Mobilize

Slogans like "If you can follow a recipe, you can rivet on a ship" were designed to

• Point out that the United States would have to enter a period of total war as had the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

• Tease women filling traditional male roles in the war industry.

• Encourage women to enter the military production workforce.

• Demonstrate that all non-military personnel should either be growing food or working in a factory.

The "Great Migration" of African Americans during World War I was largely caused by

• A demand by the War Department for the creation of African American military units.

• A need for factory workers in the north as white men were shipped overseas.

• Wartime laws that relaxed Southern control over the movement of African Americans.

• The availability of improved railroad lines initially put in place for troop movement.

One way the government ensured that people would not overuse needed food and materials was to create

• Neighborhood-run boards given permission to inspect homes.

• Federal food and fuel distribution centers.

• Strict federal penalties for violations of wartime limits.

• Ration coupons.

What was the role of the Office of War Mobilization?

• To help other war-related agencies operate efficiently.

• To supervise conversion of factories to war production.

• To set limits on consumer prices and rent.

• To help resolve labor disputes that might hurt the war effort.

The U.S. government supported the establishment of the Selective Service Act largely to

• Remedy the fact that too few men were signing up for the military.

• Incorporate women and African Americans into the war effort.

• Demonstrate his resolute support for the war effort.

• Justify the enormous war budget he was proposing to Congress.

She didn't buy into the ____ of her day that women had to be soft and submissive. 

• Ration

• Disenfranchised

• Conscription

• Propaganda

The government instituted the draft to ____ the army quickly. 

• Disenfranchised

• Ration

• Conscription

• Mobilize

The region has had to ____ water during times of drought.

• Mobilize

• Propaganda

• Disenfranchised

• Ration