WorksheetsWorld War 2:Home Front
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
By the summer of 1942 nearly all major industries and nearly 200,000 companies had converted to war production. This best illustrates the term
a)
discrimination
b)
Rationing
c)
Mobilization
d)
Propaganda
2.
The automobile industry stopped making cars and started to produce jeeps, military trucks, tanks, arms, mines, helmets, and aircraft. Each item produced is an example of
a)
Economic resources
b)
Military resources
c)
Fascist destroyers
d)
Rationing
3.
The US Military remained segregated and African-Americans were initially assigned to non-combat positions. This is an example of
a)
Rationing
b)
Propaganda
c)
Discrimination
d)
Mobilization
4.
This WWII cartoon was used to encourage Americans to...
a)
Discriminate
b)
Ration
c)
Drive more
d)
carpool less
5.
___________________________ helped to provide the military and industry with metal and materials needed for production
a)
Victory Gardens
b)
Victory Drives
c)
Scrap Metal Drives
d)
War bonds
6.
___________________________ helped to provide soldiers with food because Americans could rely on themselves
a)
Victory Gardens
b)
Victory Drives
c)
Scrap Metal Drives
d)
War bonds
7.
This poster was an icon for
a)
women factory workers during WWII
b)
housewives
c)
transgender soldiers
d)
suffragettes
8.
What are War Bonds?
a)
A certificate that you buy for less in order to give the government money right away, then in a few years your make more money turning it in
b)
007 secret agents that infiltrated Nazi Germany
c)
Rationing supplies in order to support the War effort
d)
The Atomic Bomb
9.
The nickname(s) of the Tuskegee Airmen are/were ________________.
a)
Red Tails
b)
Red Tailed Angels
c)
Black Birdmen
d)
All of these are correct
10.
The executive order that forced the relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast into the interior of the U.S. was executive order ___________.
a)
1941
b)
9066
c)
9055
d)
9000
11.
In 1988, the U.S. government paid survivors of the Japanese relocation camps $_____________.
a)
$5,000
b)
$10,000
c)
$15,000
d)
$20,000
12.
The need for workers in the Southwest led to the ____________ Program that allowed the recruitment of Mexicans to work in the U.S. during World War II.
a)
Bracero
b)
Navajo
c)
Barrio
d)
None of these are correct
13.
_______________ supplied the highest proportion of servicemen of any minority group in World War II.
a)
African Americans
b)
Hispanics
c)
Native Americans
d)
Japanese Americans
14.
_______________ used their language as a code for sending vital messages. The Japanese were not able to break their code.
a)
Apaches
b)
Sioux
c)
Cherokees
d)
Navajo
15.
The 442nd Nisei Regimental Combat Team made up of Japanese Americans would become one of the most decorated units in U.S. military history.
a)
False
b)
True
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