World War II: The Home Front (Lesson 2) Part 3

What led to the zoot-suit riots?

• Groups of sailors attacked Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits

• Groups of fishermen attacked French Americans wearing zoot suits

• Groups of boatmen attacked Irish Americans wearing zoot dresses

• none of the above

What were the braceros (workers) guaranteed?

• The braceros were guaranteed a minimum wage, food, shelter, and clean living conditions.

• The braceros were guaranteed maximum wage, food, shelter, and luxurious living conditions.

• The braceros were guaranteed an average wage, food, shelter, and comfortable living conditions.

• none of the above

What are zoot suits?

• A fancy, loose-fitting outfit with oversize hats that men wore.

• A fancy, tight-fitting dress with floppy hats that women wore.

• A shabby, loose-fitting outfit with oversize hats that men wore.

• none of the above

Which decision signed by President Franklin Roosevelt sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps?

• Executive Order 9066

• Executive Order 66

• Executive Decree 1253

• Executive Decision 9035

What was not a Japanese-American internment camp?

• Minidoka

• Colorado River

• Manzanar

• Auschwitz

What was not a type of discrimination Japanese-Americans faced?

• They were sent to internment camps

• Some places would not accept Japanese-Americans as workers

• They were recognized as Americans

• People would terrorize Japanese-American homes

What were the Japanese internment camps, and what caused them to be established?

• a set of low-quality barracks, basically like prisons; attack on Pearl Harbour

• resorts in the countryside with lots of farms and hills; bombing of London

• a set of fancy houses which gave the Japanese protection; Hitler’s invasion into Russia

• none of the above

Which generation contributed the most to forming a society in the internment camps?

• The first generation: Issei (immigrants / grandparents)

• The second generation: Nisei (the immigrants' children born in the US)

• The third generation: Sansei (the grandchildren of the immigrants)

• all of the above

What did the Japanese Americans mainly do to escape/leave the camps?

• join the army

• bribe the soldiers

• escape in the night

• get jobs in the cities