What was the purpose of the War Productions Board?
A. to tell the factories how many planes or tanks each factory had to produce
B. to help factories shift from making consumer goods to making war materials
C. to ship war materials overseas to Allies
D. to create new war technology to help win the war faster
B. to help factories shift from making consumer goods to making war materials
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
A. a factory worker who led the fight for equal pay for women during the war
B. a character made up by the Germans to mock American-made goods
C. the name for the new machinery to help make wartime goods
D. a fictional factory worker symbolizing women’s contributions to the war effort
D. a fictional factory worker symbolizing women’s contributions to the war effort
What happened as a result of a meeting between A. Phillip Randolph and Franklin Roosevelt?
A. The employment of skilled African American workers doubled.
B. African Americans threatened a march on Washington, D.C. to protest discrimination.
C. Roosevelt enlisted thousands of African Americans into the armed forces.
D. Segregation was outlawed during the war years.
B. African Americans threatened a march on Washington, D.C. to protest discrimination.
How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect how Japanese and Japanese American people were treated in the United States?
A. They were deported from the United States.
B. They were closely watched and made to show paperwork wherever they went.
C. Many white Americans did not trust them and questioned their loyalty.
D. They were supported by a movement to distinguish Japanese Americans from Japan.