WorksheetsWWII - Americans
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 3hrs 55mins
Who transmitted code messages for the allies during WWII? (Text 300)
women
Navajo
African Americans
What did A. Philip Randolph do?(Text 284)
served as a spy and stole German battle plans
spoke out against racial discrimination in the war industries
increased reserves of natural resources
Served as a WWII fighter pilot
What role did women take during WWII?(Text 285)
house wives that took care of the house and children
drove tanks and fought in the war
created black out curtains for everyone
filled many traditionally male jobs
Who was Rosie the Riveter?(Text 285)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
A famous pilot
Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the USA during WWII who were sent to camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior. What does this describe?(Text 286)
Cornelia Fort
Japanese Internment
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Who is this an image of and what did she symbolize?(Text 285)
June the Fighter symbol of women's suffrage
Susan the solider symbol of women working on airplanes
Rosie the Riveter symbol of women working in factories during the war.
How was the American government able to increase the numbers of Mexican laborers to help American farmers?(Text 284)
civil defense
Bracero Program
Fair Employment Practices Commission
United Service Organizations
This civil rights leader fought for equal pay for black factory workers during WWII through threat of a March on Washington? (Text 284)
Marcus Garvey
A Philip Randolph
Booker T Washington
WEB Dubois
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. What was this an example of? (Text 284)
rationing
conservation
government spending
internment
What did Executive Order #9066 do?(Text 286)
Sent Japanese Americans to prison.
Sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
Sent German-Americans to relocation camps.
Sent German-Americans to prison.
Conflicts in L.A. between white sailors and mostly Mexican youth. (Text 284-285)
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosie Riveter
Watts Riots
Zoot Suit Riots
What did the Supreme Court case Korematsu v United States rule?(Text 286)
Japan was responsible for the attack at Pearl Harbor
The CIA could tap into phone conversations
The government did not have a right to move Japanese-Americans to internment camps
The president could suspend civilian rights in times of peril
1944- declared that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps due to the idea of “national security threat” (Text 286)
Korematsu v. United States
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was Fred Korematsu arrested for? (Text 286)
Staying in Oakland and not reporting to the internment camps
Aiding the Japanese
Giving intelligence to US enemy's
Not giving his money and property to the US Government
Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place? (Text 284)
Phoenix, AZ
Oakland, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Which of the following groups were associated with wearing zoot suits as a form of protest? (Text 284 - 285)
women
Mexican-American youths
African-American youths
Japanese-American youths
Aside from taxes, _______ was responsible for most of the war funding. (Text 284)
Rationing Coupons
International Donations
Government Savings
War Bonds
The 1941 March on Washington promoted greater
opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil
rights leader organized this event? (Text 284)
Thurgood Marshall
A. Phillip Randolph
James Meredith
Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did the United States military use codes? (Text 300 or google classroom post 5/7)
To help put the airplanes in order.
To help forecast the weather.
To grade the soldiers on their success in the military.
To make it difficult for the enemy to know their plans.
Why didn't very many people know about the work of the code talkers? (Text 300 or google classroom post 5/7)
They all died in the war.
The code wasn't successful so the military didn't want people to know about it.
The U.S. military wanted to keep it a secret in case they needed to use the code again.
No one remembered using the code because it wasn't important.
This group of people migrated to the United States under the bracero program to help provide farm labor. (text 284)
Native Americans
Mexicans/ Hispanics
African Americans
Japanese Americans
How did the role of many women change during WWII? (text 285)
served in military combat positions
worked in jobs formerly held by men
controlled most corporations
chaired several congressional committees
Why couldn’t African American soldiers serve with white soldiers in the military?(text 285)
They weren't good enough.
They did serve with white soldiers.
Segregation didn't allow it.
African American soldiers didn't want to.
What did President Truman do after the war that helped African Americans take a step toward equality? (Text 285 in the Connect: Citizenship and History section)
He quit being president.
He desegregated the military.
He died.
He created a new holiday.
Doris Miller, an African American soldier won which military honor while defending his ship? (google classroom post 4/29)
World War II Victory Medal
American Campaign Medal
Purple Heart
Navy Cross
How did the zoot suit riots develop? (284-285)
A riot that resulted from a rivalry between flashy dressed Mexican-Americans and sailors on leave who felt offended by their outfits.
A riot between Mexican-American workers and their bosses for more pay
A riot in which many American soldiers banded together with Mexican-Americans to fight African American migrants in the defense industries.
A riot that resulted from military men who were against having women in the military.
Who were the Code Talkers of WWII? (Text 300)
Native Americans who fought in the European Theater against the Germans, stopping Hitler's advance
Asian American's who helped break the Japanese secret codes on battle of the Philippines.
Navajo Native Americans military members who used their native language as code and it was never broken by the Japanese
Captured German sailors who betrayed their governments and created their own code to defeat the Germans in the Battle of Bulge.
Who did the media make it seem like had helped with the Pearl Harbor attack? (Text 281, 286)
German Americans
Italian Americans
Asian Americans
Mexican Americans
According to FDR's executive order 9066, what would happen to Japanese Americans if they did not report to the railway stations? (Text 286-287)
They would be allowed back into society
They would be arrested and charged
They would be sent to a harsher camp
They would be separated from families
How did some Japanese Americans prove their allegiance to America (Text 286-287)
Helped gather more Japanese Americans into the camps
Worked on making better camp conditions for everyone
volunteered to join the military and fight for the United States
What did Executive Order 8802 do? (Text 284)
It banned discrimination in defense plants.
It allowed the Secretary of War to move people to internment camps.
It allowed the FBI to arrest men wearing Zoot Suits.
It allowed women to serve in combat during WWII.
How did African-Americans still facing racism try to prove themselves to be worthy of respect and equality? (Text 285)
working in factories
joining the military
helping with Victory gardens
selling war bonds
Which group got an apology and $20,000 in reparations from the US government for their unfair treatment during WWII in 1988?
African Americans in the defense industries
Japanese Americans who suffered in the internment camps
Mexican Americans who were injured in the zoot suit riots
Women who were dismissed from their wartime industry jobs and told to go back home.
