This campaign never ceased to emphasize the contradiction between America's professed values and its actual behavior, while loyally serving the nation.
What is the Double Victory Campaign
100
The number of American men and women who served in the Army, Navy, and the Marines
What is 16 million
100
The reason childcare centers were built 4 miles away from the plants
What is To keep them out of danger if the plant were bombed.
100
She was "as wise as Athena and as lovely as Aphrodite, she had the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules."
Who is Wonder Woman
100
America's first military involvement in World War Two
What is the North Africa Campaign
200
The first concrete federal action on behalf of black rights since the Civil Rights Act of 1875
What is Executive Order 8802
200
What significant change in the Selective Service's Draft Policy occurred on October 1, 1943
Fathers could now be drafted into the war
200
"Home Service Food" was suggested by this woman.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
The Four Essential Human Freedoms
What are — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
200
Luftwaffe was responsible for
What is Hitler's air raids on Britain to pave the way for an invasion From July 1940 through October.
300
The number of African American Men and Women who served in World War Two
What is nearly a million
300
WACs and WAVES stand for these two organizations
What is the Women's Army Corps and the the US Navy's "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"
300
The number of children employed between the ages of 14 and 18 by the Spring of 1944.
What is 3 million
300
OPA and OWI - Name the organizations please describe them
What is Office of Price Administration = a United States government office set up by President Roosevelt to stabilize prices and rents after the outbreak of World War II
Office of War Information = took charge of domestic propaganda and worked with Hollywood filmmakers and New York copywriters to sell the war at home.
300
January 1942 (The importance of this date with regards to America's military strategy)
When the The first U.S. troops arrived in the British Isles
400
The reason FBI workers arrested white streetcar operators in Philadelphia during the war and the significance of these arrests.
White streetcar operators went on strike after the African American operators were hired. The FBI's support showed the federal government's growing interest in racial equality
400
The number of working women increased by (?) during the war.
What is 57%
400
Before and after school programs created to help young children while their moms were at work. Answer must include how many were programs there were and how many kiddos enrolled?
What is the Extended School Services and 2,828 with 105,263
400
Name three of the educational goals during this time period:
What is:
1. Sensing what America is fighting for by developing an understanding of democratic ideals through daily practice in living them.
2. Seeing that America's fight for democratic principles is but one part of mankind's long struggle for freedom.
3. Knowing the real values that war cannot destroy.
4. Understanding the necessity for personal sacrifices.
5. Understanding and appreciating others by stressing likenesses as opposed to superficial differences among citizens of a democracy.
400
Took over as the Army Chief of Staff in 1939. Ordered Eisenhower to North Africa.
Who is General George C. Marshall
500
Fill in the name to finish this quote -
"[Blank] was the one that got us out of the white folks' kitchens."
Who is Hitler
500
This is the number of soldiers killed during the war.
What is 400,000
500
Two massive shipyards in Portland, OR were run by this man and how many women his shipyards employed.
Who is Edgar Kaiser, 25,000 women
500
"You're fighting for a little house of your own, and a husband to meet every night at the door. You're fighting for the right to bring up your children without the shadow of fear." - These statements describe...
What is "The American Way of Life."
500
Germany betrayed and invaded the USSR in what year (it’s wrong on the website)