WW2 names

Question 1

place for women in the army ; non combat duties

Answer 1

Women army corp

Question 2

now women are apart of army with its values

Answer 2

Womens Auxiliary Army Corps in 1942

Question 3

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service; Naval Program similar to WAC

Answer 3

WAVES

Question 4

Women Airfare Service Pilots Non combat duties Freed male pilots

Answer 4

WASPs

Question 5

the “we can do it” stand for women; symbol for working women; Rose Will Monroe

Answer 5

Rosie the Riveter

Question 6

recruited women, sold war to people, propaganda abroad, patriotism, coordinated new, 1942

Answer 6

Office of War Info (USOWI)

Question 7

Movies did what

Answer 7

Stereotypical depiction of foreigners; charlie chaplin patriotism

Question 8

made military had what it needed; directed industrial output; prohibited nonessential business activities; advocated raw materials organized scrap drives

Answer 8

War Productions board

Question 9

best way to get natural resources in factories again; collect tires aluminum and paper RECYCLED

Answer 9

Scrap Drives

Question 10

Created in 1943 by FDR; headed by James Brynes; became mobilization agency

Answer 10

Office of War Mobilization

Question 11

was to expose and waste fraud in defense industry; inspected factories; saved tax payers Millions

Answer 11

Truman Committee

Question 12

Headed by former Indiana governor Paul McNutt; Balanced Military’s recruiting needs with requirements of agriculture and industry

Answer 12

War man power commission

Question 13

How much did US spend for war?

Answer 13

321$ billion

Question 14

helped financed war; doubles money in like 10 years; 185$ billions sold; bought by business, bond, and civilians; celebrities helped; high interest rates

Answer 14

War Bonds

Question 15

designed to limit wartime inflation; stopped profit from war; rationed scarce goods; rationing at end of war stopped

Answer 15

Office of Price Administration

Question 16

what was rationed in war?

Answer 16

Gas, foods

Question 17

comprised of management labor; no strikes; need to produce for war

Answer 17

National War Labor Board

Question 18

FDR issued executive order 9066; removed more than 110000 Lsei

Answer 18

Japanese American Internet

Question 19

Relocation camp for Japs in cali

Answer 19

Manzanar

Question 20

did not obey camp captive laws; brought argument to supreme court

Answer 20

Korematsu

Question 21

what did Supreme court say to Korematsu about the Japs situation

Answer 21

it was appropriate during war timeq

Question 22

was made up of Lsei; fought at europe theatre; most decorated combat unit in US history; 93% died

Answer 22

442 reg combat team

Question 23

sponsored by simpson and Mineta; apologized for japs situation

Answer 23

Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Question 24

25 blacks died in this city due to race riots

Answer 24

Detroit

Question 25

were there mixed army groups?

Answer 25

no

Question 26

what did blacks do in army

Answer 26

cocks drivers, waiters

Question 27

Started by pittsburgh Courier; attempt to get equality

Answer 27

double v campaign

Question 28

hero of Pearl Harbor; saved people, shot a machine gun, was never recognized, year later was recognized by Navy corps Killed by kamikaze in gilbert islands

Answer 28

Dorie Miller (GUY)

Question 29

proposed march on washington; largest AA support group; Roose influenced to cancel march

Answer 29

A. Phillip Randolph

Question 30

How did FDR stop the march

Answer 30

enacted Fair Employment act

Question 31

decoded stuff in pacific theatre; BASED ON NAVAJO LANGUAGE; thought they would betray americans; didn’t trust, some accidentally killed

Answer 31

navajo code talkers

Question 32

Mexican labor in California then in US; agriculture and railroad work; enacted due to human rights abuse

Answer 32

Bracero Program

Question 33

took place in LA 1943; bright baggy suits latinos wore in 1940s; conflicts between sailors and young mexicans

Answer 33

Zoot Suits Riots