Women in the Homefront
Which of the following statements is true about women during World War II on the homefront?
A.
Young single women were required to work in American factories
B.
Married women worked in the factories during World War II, but left once the war was finished.
C.
Married women resisted working in the factories during World War II as it meant no one was home to care for the children.
D.
Few women were hired by the United States government as they were viewed as mentally and physically unable to do such work.
B!
What law was passed after the US entered the war?
The Espionage Act which prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation.
What was the movement of African Americans from the south to the north?
The Great Migration
What year did the US enter the war
1917
What jobs had women been employed for?
Military, driving street cars, working on farms, and working in defense plants
What law made it a crime for American citizens to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, and malicious writing about the government?
The Sedition Act
Who was paid less while working in the war?
Women
Where did america mainly fight?
The Western Front
What were female telephone operators called?
Hello Girls
what act was passed that allowed men from the ages of 21-30 to be drafted to the war?
The Selective Service Act
What was created to Regulate the US Economy
The War Industries Board
Who was the US Commander in WWI
John "Black Jack" Perishing
What was the womens peace party?
Party of women that were opposed to war
What were the two main causes for the US entering the war?
The sinking of the Lusitania, The Zimmerman Note
Who led the Womens Peace Party?
Jane Addams