Quiz 6.3 | War on the Homefront

In 1946, 4.5 million workers went on strike. Which group of workers on strike threatened national safety and there Truman sent soldiers to do the work?

• Law enforcement officers

• Mine workers

• Railroad workers

• Air traffic controllers

What was the slogan for African Americans for defeating fascism and gaining equality at home?

• Double V

• CORE

• Win times 2

• Defeat the wrongs

During the years just after World War I, which of the following is an accurate representation of population movement?

• Farmers lost land and middle class Americans moved into skyscrapers.

• Many Americans began moving into the Northern States.

• Middle class moved to the suburbs and cities became increasingly poor.

• Low income Americans began moving to the suburbs to try to find cheap land.

Which government agency set production priorities and controlled raw materials?

• Office of Price Administration

• War Industries Board

• Office of War Mobilization

• War Powers Agency

Which of the following was not invented during the Second World War?

• Polyester

• Nylon

• Plastics

• Gasoline

Which branch of the armed services allowed African Americans in non-segregated units during World War II?

• Army

• Navy

• Airforce

• Marines

Japanese Americans living on the west coast faced certain discrimination after the attack on Pearl Harbor. What happened to these Americans?

• They were fired from their jobs.

• They were forced to leave their homes and reside in internment camps.

• They were put in jail throughout the war.

• They were sent back to Japan.

The explosion in marriages and births in the years 1945 to 1960 were known as the

• suburbia explosion.

• baby boom.

• population explosion.

• generation blast.

The project of 17,000 mass produced, low-priced family homes on Long Island, NY was known as

• Manhattan Bridge.

• Levittown.

• Coney Island

• Jametown

President Roosevelt ran for a fourth term in 1944. Who did he select as his vice presidential nominee?

• Thomas Dewey

• Henry Wallace

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower