Mobilization on the Home Front

Question 1

What did the Selective Service Act accomplish?

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C: It conscripted, or drafted, soldiers.

Question 2

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

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A: by boosting wartime production for the Allies

Question 3

What did US car companies produce during World War II?

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A: airplanes and tanks

Question 4

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

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C: Larger quantities of penicillin were made.

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

World War II mobilization affected women by

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B: giving them the opportunity to work in various factories.

Question 7

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

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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C: the attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base by Japan

Question 9

What was the main way that business leaders helped the war effort during World War II?

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C: They volunteered to help the government plan production goals.

Question 10

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

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a: aircraft

Mobilization on the Home Front Answers