Mobilization on the Home Front

Question 1

How did the US computer ENIAC help the war effort?

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It did complex calculations needed to accurately fire artillery.

Question 2

What was the main way that war mobilization helped to end the Great Depression?

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Many unemployed people went to work in war-related industries.

Question 3

Which two groups helped the US boost its World War II production to record levels?

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labor and business

Question 4

How did the United States mobilize prior to joining World War II?

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by boosting wartime production for the Allies

Question 5

World War II mobilization affected women by

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giving them the opportunity to work in various factories.

Question 6

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 7

What did the Selective Service Act accomplish?

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It conscripted, or drafted, soldiers.

Question 8

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 9

View the image of a World War II recruitment poster. How did the United States mobilize 12 million military service members by 1945?

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by using a combination of required registration for the draft and appealing to Americans’ patriotic duty to volunteer

Question 10

How did the US lend-lease program of 1939 help the Allies?

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It gave them war supplies.

Mobilization on the Home Front Answers