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Americans in World War II

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main purpose of this propaganda poster used during World War II?
a)
To promote the rationing of resources for the war effort
b)
To encourage businesses to switch to wartime production
c)
To promote the need for citizens to purchase war bonds
d)
To encourage citizens to enlist in the Army
2.

African American pilots who flew more than 15,000 missions over North Africa and Europe during World War II.

a)

Tuskeegee Airmen

b)

Harlem Hellfighters

c)

Birmingham Bombers

d)

Buffalo Soldiers

3.
What was the Manhattan Project? 
a)
radio beams used to determine location of objects
b)
the world's first computer 
c)
effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
d)
a complicated code machine used by German military 
4.
What was the purpose for rationing by the Office of Price Administration?
a)
to ensure that schools did not run out of supplies.
b)
to ensure that children did not use too many products.
c)
to ensure that enough products were avilable for military use.
d)
to ensure that elderly citizens has a good supply of consumer products.
5.
Which generalization does this poster support?
a)
Women refused to volunteer to assist in the war effort.
b)
The government urged women to fill jobs left vacant by men.
c)
The government tried to recruit women for combat in the war.
d)
Female officers commanded both men and women.
6.
Which Executive Order allowed for Japanese Americans to be moved to internment camps?
a)
Executive Order 9066
b)
Executive Order 8802
c)
Executive Order 8866
d)
Executive Order 9002
7.
Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during WWII by --
a)
designing radar technology for submarines
b)
flying bombing missions into enemy territory
c)
encoding military communications for secure transmission
d)
providing intelligence on enemy positions
8.
What was the primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?
a)
To encourage women to join the workforce
b)
To reduce health problems among working women
c)
To promote the purchase of organically grown produce
d)
To increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage
9.
How were the Navajo words in this table used during WWII?
a)
As propaganda to improve morale among Allied soldiers
b)
As a secret code for communicating battle plans between Allied units
c)
As signal words for Allied spies posing as civillians
d)
As a language of diplomacy for exchanges with enemy forces
10.
The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to --
a)
give the US an advantage in military encryption
b)
encourage immigrant enlistment in the US Army during WWII
c)
decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
d)
increase the number of women joining the US military during WWII
11.
This 1944 poster was prouced most likely in response to the --
a)
growing demand for equal pay for equal work
b)
growing demand for personnel to support the war effort
c)
lack of women with the skills necessary to join the labor force
d)
lack of women able to serve in combat
12.
This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to --
a)
maintain the country's military and industrial production levels
b)
increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board
c)
outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practice by labor unions
d)
increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project
13.

In Korematsu v US, the Supreme Court ruled that

a)

the Fourteenth Amendment was absolute

b)

the Japanese were permitted to own property within internment camps

c)

in times of war, Constitutional rights could be limited

d)

habeas corpus rights were universally guaranteed

14.

The US Army Distributed Posters like this one with the goal of encouraging 

a)

Young Men to Voluntarily Enlist

b)

Young Men to Return to School

c)

The Creation of Selective Service

d)

The Sale of War Bonds

15.
The atomic engineers in this city needed to do the very dangerous job of sorting Uranium-235 from Uranium-238.  Uranium-235 was used to make the first atomic bomb.
a)
Philadelphia, PA
b)
Houston, TX
c)
Oak Ridge, TN
d)
San Francisco, CA
16.

What was purpose of the Women's Army Core?

a)

To help women find work after the war

b)

To train women before they took jobs in the military

c)

To train women in code-breaking skills for use in Europe

d)

To prepare women for combat roles overseas

17.

What was the goal of the Bracero Program?

a)

To encourage women to sign up in factory jobs

b)

To bring farm workers from Mexico because US men were being drafted

c)

To create a network of spies in Latin America to fight German spies

d)

To gain additional factory workers from Latin American countries

18.

Choose 2: Which Amendments were taken from Japanese-Americans during World War II?

a)

1st Amendment: Freedom of Speech

b)

4th Amendment: Right to privacy

c)

8th Amendment: No cruel and unusual punishment

d)

14th Amendment: Equal protection under the law

19.

How did the success of the Tuskeegee Airmen impact the United States after World War II?

a)

It contributed to President Truman’s decision to desegregate the military.

b)

It inspired a program for veterans to receive money to attend college.I

c)

It contriubted to President Truman's decision to segregate the military.

d)

It led to the establishment of a permanent program to train pilots for future wars.

20.
Developed the atomic bomb
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Geneva Convention
c)
Holocaust
d)
appeasement

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