WWII European Theater

View the graph and answer the question. 

The graph illustrates the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States from 1938 to 1945. A country's gross domestic product represents the total value of all goods and services produced in a country during the year indicated. The United States' GDP growth illustrated on the graph resulted from

• A.

  enhanced government spending on social welfare programs during the Great Depression.

• B.

  continual military spending as a result of competition with the Soviet Union after World War II.

• C.

  the precedent of permanently expansive defense spending after World War I.

• D.

  the mobilization of American industries in support of the war effort during World War II.

Read the excerpt from the 1943 field manual You Must Be Fit produced by the US War Department.

Based on your knowledge of social studies, which organization was this field manual produced for?

• A.

  the War Production Board

• B.

  the Office of War Information

• C.

  the United States' Nurse Corps

• D.

  the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

African Americans experienced hiring discrimination when they sought jobs in the defense industry during World War II. How did prominent African American labor leader A. Philip Randolph respond to this discrimination in 1941?

• A.

  He worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to start a new political party.

• B.

  He led his labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, in organized strikes to block major rail lines.

• C.

  He called for a general strike by African Americans in the defense industry until the government addressed the discrimination.

• D.

  He organized a protest march on Washington, DC, to demand that the federal government provide protections against discrimination.

How did the detention of German and Italian Americans during World War II differ from the detention of Japanese Americans?

• A.

  German and Italian Americans were usually deported, while Japanese Americans were usually released after a short time.

• B.

  German and Italian Americans were detained at very high rates, while few Japanese Americans were detained during this period.

• C.

  US citizens of Japanese descent were detained in internment camps, while only noncitizens of German and Italian descent were detained.

• D.

  Japanese Americans continued to work while interned in camps, while German and Italian Americans were barred from employment while detained.

Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt create, and later strengthen, the Fair Employment Practices Committee?

• A.

  to make sure veterans returning from combat could find civilian employment

• B.

  to make sure there was enough labor to keep up with the needs of the war effort

• C.

  to make sure companies with federal contracts paid men and women equally

• D.

  to make sure companies did not discriminate based on race when hiring workers