M4L3 Review

The most important goal of wartime propaganda was to

• • Stimulate a brisk sale of government bonds to fund the war effort. 

• • Keep Americans informed of successful U.S. efforts in the battlefield. 

• • Encourage Americans to discover and report German spies at home. 

• • Discourage Americans from speaking out against the war effort and hurting national morale. 

All of the following are true about women in the workplace during World War II except

• • Women served in the armed forces.

• • Many women earned medals for bravery during the war. 

• • The federal government actively advertised for women to work in the war effort. 

• • Women performed the same jobs as men for equal pay. 

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

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

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

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

• • Encourage women to enter the military production workforce.

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

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

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

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

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

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

• • Ration coupons. 

• • Neighborhood-run boards given permission to inspect homes. 

• • Federal food and fuel distribution centers.

• • Strict federal penalties for violations of wartime limits. 

What was the role of the Office of War Mobilization? 

• • To supervise conversion of factories to war production. 

• • To set limits on consumer prices and rent. 

• • To help other war-related agencies operate efficiently. 

• • 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

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• • Incorporate women and African Americans into the war effort. 

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

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

• • Demonstrate his resolute support for the war effort. 

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

• Propaganda

• Ration

• Mobilize

• Disenfranchised

Tough, resourceful _________ students learn how to over come obstacles and succeed.

• Disinfranchised

• Ration

• Conscription

• Mobilize

The government instituted the draft to __________ the army quickly.

• Mobilize

• Conscription

• Propaganda

• Ration