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This U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii was attacked by Japan on December 7th, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
To increase military numbers, the U.S. used this system, which required eligible men to serve in the armed forces.
What is the military draft?
This wartime campaign encouraged Americans to conserve essential goods like rubber, gasoline, and food through a system of coupons.
What is rationing?
This cultural icon, depicted in a red bandana and flexing her arm, became a symbol of women working in wartime industries.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This country launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is Japan?
This act, originally passed in 1940, required men between to register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This small booklet issued by the government contained stamps that Americans needed to purchase limited goods like sugar, meat, and gasoline.
What is a ration book?
The symbol/slogan of "Rosie the Riveter" symbolized the role of women in this type of wartime work.
What is factory work or defense industry jobs?
This was the name of the U.S. battleship that exploded and sank during the attack, killing over 1,100 sailors.
What is the USS Arizona?
Men between what agest were required to register for the draft.
What are the ages between 21 and 45?
This famous campaign encouraged Americans to support the war effort by growing their own food to reduce demand on the public food supply.
What are Victory Gardens?
This government program allowed women to serve in non-combat roles in the military, such as nurses and clerks.
What is the Women's Army Corps (WAC)?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called December 7th, 1941, this famous phrase in his speech to Congress.
What is "a date which will live in infamy"?
This government agency was created to oversee the production of war materials and ensure industries met military needs.
What is the War Production Board?
Citizens were encouraged to donate used rubber, metal, and other materials in these nationwide efforts to support the war effort.
What are scrap drives?
This Navy organization, created in 1942, allowed women to serve in administrative support roles so men could be freed for combat duty.
What is Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)?
This was one major reason Japan attacked the U.S., as tensions had risen over access to oil and other resources.
What are economic sanctions?
This term refers to the process of converting peacetime industries, such as automobile factories, into wartime production facilities.
What is the conversion of industries?
This was the official government office, known as the OPA, that set limits on the prices of goods and controlled the distribution of items through rationing.
What is the office of Price Adminstration?
What is baseball?