Chapter 12.1

Question 1

Selective Service and Training Act—

Answer 1

a plan for the first peacetime draft in American history

Question 2

General George C Marshall -

Answer 2

FDR’s chief military advisor

Question 3

“Double V” campaign -

Answer 3

support the war to win a double victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and racism at home

Question 4

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 4

-first african american air force unit

Question 5

Navajo Code Talkers -

Answer 5

Native Americans relayed information in Navajo language

Question 6

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) -

Answer 6

first allowed women in military 1942

Question 7

Cost Plus -

Answer 7

govt paid for cost plus percentage as profit

Question 8

Henry Kaiser -

Answer 8

Liberty ships- basic cargo ships built in 41 days

Question 9

War Production Board -

Answer 9

created to direct priorities and production goals of American industry

Question 10

WWII ended the Great Depression

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

Rosie the Riveter -

Answer 11

symbol of campaign to hire women

Question 12

Define Sunbelt -

Answer 12

industrial region in the deep south

Question 13

Zoot Suit Riots -

Answer 13

• Racism increased as minorities moved up in society
• Soldiers attacked mexican neighborhoods in LA

Question 14

Who was put into internment camps? -

Answer 14

100 k people japanese ancestry in US

Question 15

War Labor Board (WLB) -

Answer 15

was created to prevent strikes

Question 16

Rationing -

Answer 16

restricting the amount of an item a person can buy

Question 17

War bonds -

Answer 17

loans given to govt by people or businesses

Question 18

Office of War Information -

Answer 18

improve the public understanding of the war