Checkpoint 11: Impacts of War on the Homefront

​ (a)   - restricting how much people buy or use.

• Rationing
• Riveting
• Inflating
• Conserving

Choose the correct definition of opportunity cost.

• the value of what you have to give up in order to choose something else

• to trade goods and services without using money

• a process in which something is chosen at random

• a saying that means that the first things to arrive or appear will be the first things to be taken care of

​ (a)   - a family garden planted to support the war effort.

• Victory Garden
• Riveting Garden
• Propaganda Garden
• Ration Garden

Choose the correct definition of propaganda.

• information that is biased or misleading in order to promote a particular cause

• information that provides all sides of an issue

• information that is about the military

• information that is verified by the government

Choose the correct definition of riveter.

• a person who inserts and hammers rivets, metal devices used to fasten parts together

• a person who restricts how much people can buy or use through rivets, cards used to track purchases

• a person who grows a garden using rivets, a special gardening tool designed for use in small spaces

• a person who worked in an office job using a rivet, a type of communication device

During World War II most factories and resources were used to create items needed by ​ (a)   .

• soldiers
• families

During World War II the supply of items needed by ​ (a)   was limited.

• families
• soldiers

During World War II many everyday items were ​ (a)   .

• rationed
• distributed freely

The limited supply of items during World War II led many families to​ (a)   .

• plant "victory gardens"
• starve
• overeat
• protest with speeches and marches

How did MOST American families on the home front respond to shortages of food and supplies during World War II?

• Their common goals united them, and they were willing to make sacrifices.

• Scarcity of goods divided them, and they refused to make sacrifices.

• They became unsympathetic to the war effort and each other.

• They united to form protest groups against the U.S. government.