6.3/6.5 Quiz

What was so great about the United States' ability to produce war material and supplies for WW2?

• The United States produced double the amount of all the Axis Powers combined

• The US couldn't keep up with Germany; Germany produced more war material

• The Soviet Union supplied the Allies more than the US

• The United States was not producing enough goods for the War effort

What event brought the United States into WW2?

• Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)

• Japanese aggression in China and Indochina (1940)

• Surprise attack at Pearl Harbor (1941)

• Germany's invasion of Russia (1941)

How was the federal government able to borrow money from U.S. citizens?

• through the sale of government-issued war bonds

• through the sale of coupon books for consumer goods

• through the American Lend Lease Act

• through the enlistment of volunteers to work government jobs

Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?

• There were several well publicized cases of Japanese American spies being caught operating in the United States.

• Without any significant factual evidence, the government perceived Japanese Americans as being a threat to national security.

• The safety of Japanese Americans was threatened because most of the Japanese American community lived in war zones.

• Japanese Americans feared that Japan would try to punish them for siding with the United States in the war.

The so-called Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943 were a result of

• racial tensions related to the huge influx of laborers from Mexico due to the Bracero Program.

• the enforced rationing of consumer goods and food shortages.

• opposition to policies requiring racial segregation toward Mexican migrants in factory work.

• the establishment of internment camps for resident aliens.