WorksheetsWWII Tech/Industry & The Home Front
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The poster is supporting the war effort by promoting a practice to conserve
a)
food.
b)
gasoline.
c)
meat fats.
d)
brass.
2.
The facility that enriched uranium for the Manhattan Project was built at
a)
Los Alamos, NM.
b)
Knoxville, TN
c)
Oak Ridge, TN
d)
Manhattan, NY
3.
Camp Campbell and Camp Forrest served not only as training areas for armor units in WWII but also as
a)
Prisoners of War centers.
b)
training areas for Airborne units.
c)
research areas for atomic bomb development.
d)
the training grounds for the 1st Special Service Force.
4.
This WWII invention helped the Royal Air Force fight off Nazi bombing raids during the Battle of Britain.
a)
B-29 Superfortress
b)
V-1 rocket
c)
RADAR
d)
surface-to-air missiles
5.
Penicillin was developed during WWII and helped men on the battlefield
a)
by helping to fight off the flu and other viruses.
b)
stay awake and alert for longer periods of time.
c)
survive their wounds by fighting off bacterial infections.
d)
by sanitizing untreated water supplies.
6.
The tank that was mass-produced and most widely used by Allied forces in WW2 was the
a)
Panzer.
b)
Tiger.
c)
M1 Abrams.
d)
M4 Sherman
7.
Which technology would prove most useful against the Japanese in the Pacific early on in WW2?
a)
aircraft carriers
b)
hydrogen bombs
c)
tanks
d)
land mines
8.
What did Higgins Industries design that made a major contribution to WW2?
a)
amphibious landing craft
b)
submarines
c)
tanks
d)
dolphin harnesses
9.
FDR created the Fair Employment Practices Committee to
a)
ban discrimination in industries that had received federal contracts.
b)
ensure that women were given equal pay for equal work.
c)
stop child labor in defense industries.
d)
give preferred treatment to those trained under the G.I. Bill.
10.
Many African-Americans moved to the West during WWII primarily because
a)
of the new opportunities in defense industries.
b)
new jobs in the automobile industry were available.
c)
of Dust Bowl conditions in the South.
d)
Hollywood was looking for more colored actors/actresses.
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