Mobilization on the Home Front

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Larger quantities of penicillin were made.

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by boosting wartime production for the Allies

Question 3

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base by Japan

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It helped them find and attack German planes.

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It gave them war supplies.

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the state of the US economy in 1939?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The US economy was in a depression.

Question 9

World War II mobilization affected women by

Revolt · Accepted Answer

giving them the opportunity to work in various factories.

Question 10

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They volunteered to help the government plan production goals.

Mobilization on the Home Front Answers