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Question 1

War Production Board

Answer 1

a gov. agency set up during WW2 to coordinate the production of military equipment and supplies

Question 2

rationing

Answer 2

the distribution of scarce resources and products. Because workers were busy building machinery, they did not make enough citizen goods like cars, so they used the rationing system.

Question 3

war bonds

Answer 3

loans that the gov. promised to repay with interest. These were created to help with war payments.

Question 4

A. Philip Randolph

Answer 4

AA labor leader during WW2, helped AA gain civil rights

Question 5

Executive Order 8802

Answer 5

no discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or creed in the defense industries

Question 6

braceros

Answer 6

Mexican workers hired to perform labor during WW2

Question 7

Zoot Suit Riots

Answer 7

The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, during a period when many migrants arrived for the defense effort and servicemen flooded the city.

Question 8

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 8

famous segregated unit of AA pilots

Question 9

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 9

a character who symbolized women in manufacturing jobs. It showed what important roles women had in the war.

Question 10

Executive Order 9066

Answer 10

1948 Truman combines the armed forces

Question 11

Japanese-American internment Nisei

Answer 11

the removal of Japanese Americans from the West to prison camps during WW2 due to the discrimination against Japanese people for the attack on Pearl Harbor