WW11 Open Book Section 2 Quiz Flashcards
————- workers were soon doubling the war production of Germany, Japan, and all other axis power countries combined
American
———— contributed to the war effort by running 24 hours a day, producing ships, tanks, jeeps, and ammunition
Factories
To oversee the conversion of factories to war production the government created the ———–
War production board
The government ———- to fill positions left by men leaving home to fight in the war
Women
To protest the unfair treatment of African-Americans, labor leader ———- began to organize a march to Washington, D.C.
A. Philip Randolph
The Tuskegee Airmen were ————- pilots who trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama
African-American
In Los Angeles, groups of sailors attacked Mexican Americans wearing distinctive clothing, beginning the ———–
Zoot- Suit Riots
Executive order 9066 began the process of ———–, or forced relocation and imprisonment of Japanese Anericans
Internment
Men from the ages of 18 to 38 were required to register for the ———-
Draft
Finance the war effort, The government increased ———– and sold war bonds
Taxes