WWII on the Homefront

Invasion of Europe code named Operation Overlord

• D-Day

• V-E Day

• V-J Day

• Omaha Day

Effort undertaken prior to WWII to create an atomic weapon

• Manhattan Project

• Matilda Secret

• Code Name Delta

• Rocky Flats

Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort, such as gasoline, heating oil, metals and rubber.

• War Production Board

• Works Progress Administration

• Social Security Act

• WIC Program

During WWII, all armed forces were _____________.

• integrated by law

• segregated

• open to women

Japanese Emperor during WWII who was almost killed during Doolittle's raid

• Tojo

• de Gaulle

• Hirohito

• Dunkirk

Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents

• Office of Price Administration

• War Production Board

• Revenue Act of 1942

• Treasury Department

_______ was the limiting of purchasing many products to make sure there was enough available for military use.

• Couponing
• Dividing
• Reserving
• Rationing

What was rationing used for?

• Rationing was introduced to manage shortages and control civilian consumption

• Rationing was introduced to supply more stock to civilians.

"A day that will live in infamy"

• July 7, 1941

• Nov. 5, 1941

• Oct. 8, 1942

• Dec. 7, 1941

German defeat that led to their demise

• Marseilles

• Battle of Schleiffen

• Battle of the Bulge

• Il Duce