Political/Social
The major war(s) that occurred/began in the 1940s.
What is WW2 and the Cold War?
Name the famous cartoon character that debuted in 1940 (hint: rabbit)
Who is Bugs Bunny?
The jobs in the 1940s
What is farmers/agricultural workers, factory workers, and clerical workers?
What women and children did while men were away at war.
What is working in most jobs, entering the workforce, and taking the responsibilities of the home front and domestic work too?
This is how the government recruited women to work in the factories, and she was their most famous symbol.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Full name of NATO.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Name one popular Disney movie (hint: animal)
What is Bambi or Dumbo?
What life-saving antibiotic was developed in the 1940s?
What is Penicillin?
To save necessary supplies for the war, the government required civilians to use a point system to determine how much people could buy.
What is rationing?
In 1944, before she was a star, this actress worked at the Radioplane Company assembling OQ-2 target drones for the military.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
What is the Manhattan Project of 1942?
What is a research and development program during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons; it was led by the U.S. and collaborated with the UK and Canada?
Name two fast-foods restaurants that opened in 1940s (hint: yellow)
What is McDonald's, Carl’s Jr., In-N-Out, or Dairy Queen?
What life-saving machine was invented in 1947 by Dr. Claude Beck? (hint: CPR)
What is the cardiac defibrillator?
Name one main genre of clothing in the 1940s.
What is military utility/military-inspired silhouettes, uniforms, power suits, practical uses, work wear, and in the post-war: dramatic shift to sloped shoulders, cinched waists, and voluminous, floor-sweeping skirts by Christian Dior?
In 1948, this American high jumper cleared 5 feet 6 1/8 inches to become the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal.
Who is Alice Coachman?
What led up to the 1944 Korematsu v. United States (hint: the case ended with the decision that caused the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in WW2)?
What are the Imperial Japanese acts during WW2 against the U.S. including the Bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The year Captain America debuted (hint: U.S. draft for WW2).
What is 1940? (December 20, 1940)
What communication device was created? (hint:war)
What are walkie-talkies?
Name one of the many popular foods.
What is meatloaf, Spam, corn dogs, casseroles, Jello-salads, or/and other budget foods (potato and onion pies)?
This '40s film star; she co-invented a secret communication system that laid the groundwork for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
The effect of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (hint: Cold War started in 1945; affected businesses)
What is outlawing union membership (closed shops), workers can't be forced to pay union fees, and gave the president power to intervene in strikes that affected national health and security; diminished power of unions?
Name the most popular song in the 1940s (hint: Christmas)
What is White Christmas (Bing Crosby)?
Name one toy/games were popularized in the 1940s?
What is the Slinky, plastic army men, Silly Putty, Chutes & Ladders, or Scrabble?
Meaning of the slang word "gobbledygook".
Nonsense or foolish talk
Decades before her film success, this multi-talented entertainer became the first Black woman to sing on the radio in the United States.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?