Mobilization on the Home Front

Question 1

View the graph showing enlistment records by year. Which event led to the peak of 3,030,407 enlistments for US military service in 1942?

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the attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base by Japan

Question 2

World War II mobilization affected women by

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giving them the opportunity to work in various factories.

Question 3

A goal of the Defense Plant Corporation was

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to give money to businesses to fund war production.

Question 4

Which of the following did the US produce more of during World War II than Germany, Japan, and Italy combined?

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aircraft

Question 5

How did radar technology help the British win the Battle of Britain?

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It helped them find and attack German planes.

Question 6

What did the Selective Service Act accomplish?

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It conscripted, or drafted, soldiers.

Question 7

What improvement made to penicillin during World War II saved many soldiers’ lives?

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Larger quantities of penicillin were made.

Question 8

The US was called the Arsenal of Democracy because

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It provided supplies for the Allied war effort, not just the US effort.

Question 9

How did the US computer ENIAC help the war effort?

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It did complex calculations needed to accurately fire artillery.

Question 10

How did the Gross National Product (GNP) of the US change between 1940 and 1944?

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It more than doubled.

Mobilization on the Home Front Answers