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Washington State in World War II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because of the war, many people (women, older people, people of color, people with disabilities) were...

a)

not allowed to work.

b)

hired to jobs that have been off limits before.

2.

After President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802...

a)

all industries stop desegregating

b)

Boeing continue to only hire white workers the rest of the war

c)

all businesses started to hire workers regardless of race

d)

workers still had to protest to force integration at war factories

3.

110,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forced onto...

a)

boats

b)

planes

c)

reservations

d)

internment camps

4.

Washington is not known for contributing _____________ to the war effort.

a)

aircraft

b)

computer equipment

c)

ships

d)

The Bomb

5.

Which of these WA companies grew greatly during World War II?

a)

Microsoft

b)

Starbucks

c)

Boeing

d)

Amazon

6.

Kaiser Permanente became an important health care company after building ____________ during World War II.

a)

bombs

b)

ships

c)

medical supplies

d)

planes

7.

Which of the following was produced at Hanford, WA?

a)

plutonium

b)

Neptunium

c)

uranium

d)

Californium

8.

Hanford produced the material to make most of America's nuclear weapons? What was the most famous one called?

a)

Little Boy

b)

Big Bertha

c)

Fat Man

d)

Mr. Hicks

9.

The clean up at The Hanford Superfund Site will be completed in about what year?-

a)

2053

b)

2025

c)

2098

d)

3001

10.

Water from The Hanford Superfund Site flows into which river?

a)

The Mississippi

b)

The Fraser

c)

The Columbia

d)

The Missouri

11.

This order required that war industries desegregate.

a)

8802

b)

9066

c)

8801

d)

9067

12.

This order incarcerated 120,000 Japanese Americans without trial or charges.

a)

8802

b)

9066

c)

8801

d)

9067

13.

________________________ was a accelerated during World War II.

a)

The Great Migration

b)

Families moving to suburbia

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

online shopping

14.

Between 1910 and 1970, how many people moved to the North and West during The Great Migration from the American South?

a)

400,000

b)

1,000,000

c)

6,000,000

d)

10,000,000

15.

What was the largest internal migration of people in American history?

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Dust Bowl migration

d)

The Oregon Trail