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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The frequent speeches FDR gave on the radio were called "___________."
fire place speeches
bonfire chats
fireside chats
radio conversations
During FDR's fireside chats, he asked the american people to do everything they could to help with ____________________.
moving on
the war efforts
getting revenge
improving our country
__________(only allowing a small amount of certain goods) was one government solution to help support the troops.
couponing
scarcity
maneuvering
rationing
Each member of the family would receive a ration book each month. The book contained _________________that they would use to keep track of how much of certain goods they were allowed to buy every month.
food stamps
metal stamps
food boxes
food containers
The government issued ration books for the following things:
gasoline
meat
butter
flour
all of the above
Families did all of the following to save ration stamps except:
planted victory gardens
collected scrap materials & tires
stole and robbed many banks
all of the above
Since the fighting men were overseas, the factories needed new employees. The government encouraged _________to take these jobs
the elderly
children
young men
women
which of the following posters shows a character created by the government to encourage women to take factory jobs making war goods.
___________________is famous for being the first female flying instructor in Tennessee and narrowly escaping Japanese fire during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Rosie the Riveter
Elizabeth Caddy Stanton
Cornelia Fort
Minnie Pearl
A few Tennesseans found that serving their country through means of ________________was very effective.
cooking
cleaning
entertainment
speeches
Which of these famous Tennesseans did NOT contribute to the war efforts by entertaining the troops overseas.
Minnie Pearl
Roy Acuff
Dinah Shore
Rosie the Riveter
The day of the allied invasion of France by both land and sea is known as :
Veteran's Day
Memorial Day
VE Day
D-Day
D-Day completely took the ____________ by surprise and became the largest invasion by sea in history.
French
Germans
Polish
Americans
