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Ch. 26 Sec 3
readin strategy, graph ques. sec. assesment 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reading StrategyHelping the war effort at the home front | |
| 1. victory gardens were planted to ration food | |
| 2. children collected scrap metal for use in building war supplies | |
| 3. joined the civil defense- they volunteered to watch out for enemy aircraft, incase of bombing | |
| Graph QuestionsIn 1940 what percent of the labor force was made up of women? | 24% |
| Section Assesment 1-6 | |
| 1. Mobilization | gathering recources and preparing for war |
| 1. ration | to give out scarce items on a limited basis |
| 1. internment camp | the detention centers where Japanese Americans were moved to and confined during WW2 |
| 2. List two ways the US financed the war | 2. through taxes and borrowed money |
| 3. How did wartime industrial production help the American economy recover from the depression? | 3. due to production of war goods, incomes rose and prices stayed fairly stable |
| 4. Why did many Americans move to industrial cities during the war? | 4. to work in the factories helping the war effort. and because the incomes were fair at this time. |
| 5. Explain how each of these actions helped the war effort. | |
| 5. Civil Defense | 5. it took americans not fighting and made them lookouts for enemy planes |
| 5. Bracero program | 5. was when thousands on Mexicans were recruted for labor |
| 5. Rationing | 5. rationing food gave a bigger supply of food that could go to the American soldiers fighting the war. |
| 6. Look at the graph on page 766. When did the number of women employed pass 10 million? | 6. 1927 |
| Page 769 do 1&2 | |
| 1. why did reps. from chruches and other groups visit the camps? | 1. they came to support and help. they wanted to get the kids out of the camps and back in school. |
| 2. How do you think you would have felt in Uchida's place in the internment camp? | 2. i would ask myself why we were here and wha we did to get here. i would qestion the reasoning of the gov. to put all the japanese americans in internment camps. |