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100
Complete the propaganda slogan: "_____ lips _____ ships?"
What is "loose lips sink ships.
100
What was the name of the larger program that Oak Ridge was apart of?
What is The Manhattan Project.
100
Why was it necessary to keep Oak Ridge so secret?
What is the program was very controversial, and the enemies couldn’t know about it.
100
For what reason did over a million black Americans move to places in the northeast and west during WWII?
What is the expansion of manufacturing, along with federally mandated desegregation in the war industries.
100
Did women go overseas during the war?
What is Yes. They worked as nurses on bases.
200
What was the mandatory military service required by all eligible men?
What is the draft.
200
In "The Girls of Atomic City", what was Celia Szapka's starting salary?
What is $1,400 a year.
200
Why was the dropping of the atomic bomb so controversial?
What is there were so many people killed by it that many felt it was a waste of life, rather than a means to the ends of the war.
200
What forces had no blacks enlisted in their ranks during WWII?
What is air forces and marines.
200
What gender were the majority of mill workers during WWII?
What is female
300
How many American women worked in war-time industries?
What is 2.2 million
300
How were non-military factories and industries affected by war-time needs?
What is the factories were often converted to make war- time materials.
300
When did the people of Oak Ridge realize what they were doing?
What is the president gave a speech informing the people what was going on.
300
What was the only type of housing available for black people at Oak Ridge?
What is hutments
300
Why was it beneficial for women to work in war time industries?
What is it proved that they were capable of doing things other than nursing or secretary work, and that they could be more than just homemakers.
400
What was the population of Oak Ridge at its height in 1945?
What is roughly 75 thousand residents.
400
What was the average education of a typical worker at Oak Ridge?
What is most were high school graduates.
400
What is another term for biased news material that was distributed during WWII in Oak Ridge and throughout the country?
What is propaganda.
400
What was one of the biggest drawbacks for black spouses who wanted to work at Oak Ridge?
What is they couldn't live together, because they had separate hutments for black men and women.
400
At Oak Ridge, which jobs were specifically for men only?
What is scientists, managers, and coordinators of the project.
500
What were the housing arrangements at Oak Ridge?
What is trailers, "hutments", boarding houses, and dormitories, and homes.
500
What slow economic era did WWII effectively end?
What is The Great Depression.
500
What two countries emerged as superpowers at the end of WWII?
What is the United States, and the Soviet Union
500
What was the biggest impacts on black parents who worked at Oak Ridge?
What is they couldn't bring their children, while white parents could live with their children.
500
What led to many of the women featured in "The Girls of Atomic City" to stop working at Oak Ridge?
What is many single women met their husbands at Oak Ridge, and it was not culturally acceptable for women to work after marriage.
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