Washington State in World War II

Because of the war, many people (women, older people, people of color, people with disabilities) were...

• not allowed to work.

• hired to jobs that have been off limits before.

After President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802...

• all industries stop desegregating

• Boeing continue to only hire white workers the rest of the war

• all businesses started to hire workers regardless of race

• workers still had to protest to force integration at war factories

110,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forced onto...

• boats

• planes

• reservations

• internment camps

Washington is not known for contributing _____________ to the war effort.

• aircraft

• computer equipment

• ships

• The Bomb

Which of these WA companies grew greatly during World War II?

• Microsoft

• Starbucks

• Boeing

• Amazon

Kaiser Permanente became an important health care company after building ____________ during World War II.

• bombs

• ships

• medical supplies

• planes

Which of the following was produced at Hanford, WA?

• plutonium

• Neptunium

• uranium

• Californium

Hanford produced the material to make most of America's nuclear weapons? What was the most famous one called?

• Little Boy

• Big Bertha

• Fat Man

• Mr. Hicks

The clean up at The Hanford Superfund Site will be completed in about what year?-

• 2053

• 2025

• 2098

• 3001

Water from The Hanford Superfund Site flows into which river?

• The Mississippi

• The Fraser

• The Columbia

• The Missouri