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Chapter 29, Part 2
Test Description: This review covers Sections 6-13 of Chapter 29
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) About how many people volunteered or were drafted to serve in the military during WWII?
A
300,000
B
1 million
C
15 million
D
2400
2) What nickname did troops give themselves in WW2?
A
doughboys
B
GIs
C
chickens
D
grunts
3) What government agency transformed American factories from making consumer goods to making war supplies?
A
War Information Office
B
War Refugee Board
C
Office of Price Administration
D
War Production Board
4) How did individuals loan the government money to help pay for WWII?
A
played the lottery
B
collected pennies
C
bought war bonds
D
did not accept paychecks when serving in the military
5) How did many Americans supplement their food supply during WWII?
A
stole
B
went hunting
C
planted victory gardens
D
hoarded canned goods
6) Limiting the amount of scarce items that any one individual can buy is known as:
A
treason
B
rationing
C
inflation
D
debt
7) True or False. Women were paid the same as men in war factories during WWII.
A
True
B
False
8) Women served in the military during WWII in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A
mechanics
B
nurses
C
combat leaders
D
test pilots
9) Where did most Japanese Americans spend the years of WWII?
A
Japan
B
Los Angeles county jail
C
internment camps in the desert
D
serving in the navy
10) What is special about the Japanese American 442nd Regiment that served in Europe?
A
dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B
captured and executed Benito Mussolini
C
earned more medals than any other army brigade in history
D
first regiment that was not segregated
11) Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, what could African Americans serving in the military NOT do?
A
serve as janitors
B
serve as cooks
C
serve as truck drivers
D
serve in combat positions
12) About how many African Americans served in the military during WWII?
A
100,000
B
15 million
C
none
D
900,000
13) What kind of discrimination did African American soldiers serving in WWII face?
A
not paid the same as white soldiers
B
not allowed to fly airplanes
C
given poor quality supplies and equipment
D
segregated platoons
14) About how many Latinos (mostly Mexican Americans) served in the military during WWII?
A
500,000
B
1 million
C
none
D
100,000
15) What did the Bracero Program do?
A
allowed Mexican Americans to serve in the army
B
deported Mexican Americans to internment camps
C
brought Mexican American farmworkers to the the U.S. to help harvest crops
D
put a limit on the number of immigrants from Mexico allowed to enter the United States each year
16) Which of the following best describes a zoot suit.
A
Long jacket and baggy trousers
B
Short jacket and narrow legged pants
C
Long jacket and knickers
D
Short jacket and baggy pants
17) How did white soldiers and sailors often treat zoot suiters?
A
ignored them
B
helped them get jobs
C
attacked and insulted them
D
welcomed and treated them with kindness
18) What was the primary responsibility of the War Refugee Board?
A
Helping Holocaust victims escape Europe
B
Recruiting new immigrants to the military
C
Forcing dangerous people to leave America
D
Blocking immigration from Europe and Asia
19) Women served in the military during WWII.
A
False
B
True
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