17.4 Guided Reading

What was one of the main changes Maya Angelou noticed in San Francisco during World War II?

• Increase in Japanese population

• Disappearance of the city's Japanese population

• Decrease in African American workers

• Increase in European immigrants

What was the economic impact of World War II on the United States?

• Decrease in job opportunities

• Emergence as a dominant economic and military power

• Increase in poverty levels

• Decline in industrial production

What did the San Franciscan white matron refuse to do, according to Maya Angelou's story?

• Sit beside a Japanese civilian

• Sit beside a Negro civilian

• Ride the streetcar

• Speak to a soldier

What was a significant challenge for returning veterans after World War II?

• Lack of job opportunities

• Issues of reentry and adjustment

• High inflation rates

• Lack of educational opportunities

What was the unemployment rate in 1944 during the war years?

• 1.2 percent

• 5 percent

• 10 percent

• 3.5 percent

How much did average weekly paychecks rise during the war?

• 35 percent

• 20 percent

• 50 percent

• 10 percent

What percentage of women entered the workforce for the first time during the war?

• 35 percent

• 50 percent

• 25 percent

• 15 percent

What was one of the greatest mass migrations in American history triggered by the war?

• African Americans moving from the South to the North

• Europeans migrating to America

• Americans moving to Europe

• Farmers moving to cities

What was one of the main challenges families faced during the war according to the text?

• Lack of food supplies

• Adjusting to changes with fathers in the armed forces

• Finding new homes

• Access to education

What did the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, also known as the GI Bill of Rights, provide for veterans?

• Free housing

• Education and training

• Medical insurance

• Transportation services