Mastering Ch. 23 (Part 1) Quiz

Government agency that worked closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort

• Office of War Information (OWI)

• Bureau of War Propaganda (1944)

• Federal communications commission (fcc)

• Department of defense (1947)

United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II.

• December 7, 1941

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Pearl Harbor

• Mobilization

Certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war.

• Victory Tax of 1942

• Victory Gardens

• War Bonds

• Mobilization

Sharply raised income tax rates and allowed taxes to be withheld directly from paychecks

• Victory Tax of 1942

• Victory Gardens

• War Bonds

• Mobilization

Gardens that citizens planted to raise their own vegetables, so that food could be sent to the troops.

• Victory Tax of 1942

• Victory Gardens

• War Bonds

• Mobilization

Organization oversaw the production of planes, tanks, artillery pieces, and munitions needed for entering WWII

• War Production Board (1942)

• Rationing

• Office of War Information (OWI)

• Propaganda

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

• War Production Board (1942)

• Rationing

• Office of War Information (OWI)

• Propaganda

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

• War Production Board (1942)

• Rationing

• Office of War Information (OWI)

• Propaganda

Discuss the role of women on the home front during World War II and how it changed their societal status post-war.

• Women's roles remained unchanged

• Women were discouraged from working

• Women took on roles traditionally held by men, leading to increased rights after the war

• Women's participation led to immediate political rights during the war

Tags

DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Match the following

• lightening war by Germans

• holocaust

• Jewish genocide

• blitzkreig

• leader

• fuhrer

• give in to demands

• appeasement

• suicide pilots of Japan

• kamikaze