Mobilization on the Home Front — Unit test Answers

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What did the Selective Service Act accomplish?

A
It required Allies to buy supplies with cash.
B
It organized war volunteers.
C
It conscripted, or drafted, soldiers.
D
It contracted businesses to make planes.
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What was the impact of President Roosevelt’s approval of Executive Order 9066?

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The draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
T
The United States moved quickly to bomb Japan in retaliation for the Pearl Harbor attack.
A
All persons in the United States speaking a foreign language were ordered into internment camps.
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More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps.
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Why did the US government think internment camps were necessary during World War II?

A
to protect against discrimination
B
to protect national security
C
to improve relations with Japan
D
to improve relations with Germany
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Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?

A
government apologies
B
financial reparations
C
property damage and discrimination
D
discrimination and a return to normalcy
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How did the Navajo serve in World War II?

A
as code talkers in the Pacific
B
as journalists reporting from the front lines
C
as translators of Japanese codes
D
as scouts who checked troop routes

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