Homework Check 12.1

Match the following

• cost-plus contracts

• symbol of the campaign to hire women during World War II

• "Rosie the Riveter"

• agreements the government made to produce military equipment, instead of asking companies for bids.

• Korematsu v. United States

• stated that the relocation of Japanese Americans living in most of the West Coast was constitutional

• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

• first allowed women in the Military in 1942

• Liberty Ship

• mass-produced basic cargo transport used during the war

During World War II, the army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barrd from

• combat.

• clerical positions.

• the barracks.

• basic training.

The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort to achieve victory over Hitler's racism and over racism at home, in a campaign called

• "Fight for Right."

• "Victory Suit."

• "Double V."

• "Tuskegee Airmen."

The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of

• military equipment.

• ships and submarines.

• "Government Issues" clothing.

• buildings to house soldiers.

A difficulty facing cities with war industries was

• calming racial tensions.

• relocating Japanese Americans.

• finding housing for new workers.

• rationing.

The growth of southern California and cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region known as what?

• the Southwest

• the Sunbelt

• the Rust belt

• the Military Zone