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$100 Question from H1

This was a way in which American

citizens helped to pay the cost for

the war and it financed the war.

They were sold in denominations

starting at $25 and yielded 2.9%

after 10 years:

$100 Answer from H1

War Bonds

$200 Question from H1

The U.S. economy benefited from

this and it pulled the nation out of

the Great Depression:

$200 Answer from H1

U.S. war production for WWII

$300 Question from H1

The Gov. agency that was set up to coordinate the production of military equipment and supplies:

$300 Answer from H1

War Production Board

$400 Question from H1

Japanese-Americans were forced to sell their possessions, leave their jobs, and move to these. They provided sparse living conditions in isolated locations across the western U.S.:

$400 Answer from H1

Japanese-American

Internment Camps

$500 Question from H1

Japanese-Americans born in the United States were called this, and two-thirds were put in internment camps:

$500 Answer from H1

Nisei

$100 Question from H2

A strong woman image—hard at work in an arms factory symbolized women in the workplace:

$100 Answer from H2

Rosie the Riveter

$200 Question from H2

These were Mexican workers and the U.S. government needed their help due to farm worker shortages:

$200 Answer from H2

The Braceros

$300 Question from H2

These were women who served in the U.S. armed forces as mechanics, drivers, clerks and Army nurses:

$300 Answer from H2

WACs (Women’s Army Corps)

$400 Question from H2

This was a segregated unit of African-American pilots and crew members who served with honor in North Africa and Europe:

$400 Answer from H2

the Tuskegee Airmen

$500 Question from H2

“Don’t waste anything”, “Buy only what is necessary”, “Salvage what you don’t need”, and “Share what you have”, are all Messages to Help Fight:

$500 Answer from H2

Waste

$100 Question from H3

American consumers were issued these cards to limit their grocery and gas purchases and they were asked not to waste and use items sparingly:

$100 Answer from H3

Rationing Cards

$200 Question from H3

The Office of Civilian Defense called upon each American family to become this:

$200 Answer from H3

A Fighting Unit on the Home Front

$300 Question from H3

This was recycled from bacon grease and used for ammunition. It makes glycerin and glycerin makes explosives:

$300 Answer from H3

Fat

$400 Question from H3

Everyone –down to the youngest children took part in WWII recycling of this, placing them in a container on the curb and their recycling motto was:”

$400 Answer from H3

Tin Cans “Wash & Squash”

$500 Question from H3

By 1943, they had entered the work force, and nearly half in the defense plants. They were symbolically called ‘Rosie the Riveter’.: (How many women?)

$500 Answer from H3

6 million women

$100 Question from H4 Almost all U.S. manufacturing

was converted to the war effort and the Ford Motor Company worked 24 hours a day and performed this miracle:

$100 Answer from H4

A B-24 Bomber was

produced every 63 minutes

$200 Question from H4

In response to anti-Japanese hysteria after Pearl Harbor this was signed by President Roosevelt. This order allowed for the removal of Japanese & Japanese-Americans from the Pacific Coast:

$200 Answer from H4

Executive Order 9066

$300 Question from H4

Like most states, Arizona’s

Contribution on the home front

during WWII involved war

production. However, what did

most of the AZ plants produce?

$300 Answer from H4

Producing parts for airplanes

$400 Question from H4

Another unique contribution that AZ

provided the nation during WWII had

to do with aviation schools. Why was

AZ geographically ideal for this role?

$400 Answer from H4

AZ had the best flying

climate for training pilots

(Aviation Schools)

$500 Question from H4

With this, Americans lost part

of their 1st Amendment rights (freedom of speech, press). What did

Executive Order 8985 establish?

$500 Answer from H4

Executive Order 8985 Establishing the Office of Censorship

$100 Question from H5

This Act required all non-citizen adult residents to

register their political beliefs with the Gov.

Within four months, 4,741,971 aliens had

registered under the Act's provisions.

The Act is best known for its use against political

organizations and figures.

$100 Answer from H5

The Alien Registration Act

or Smith Act.

$200 Question from H5

AZ served as the location for P.O.W.

(Prisoners of War) camps during WWII.

Which Axis power prisoner group was

placed in Phoenix?

$200 Answer from H5

German POW’s

$300 Question from H5

AZ served as the location for P.O.W.

(Prisoners of War) camps during WWII.

Which Axis power prisoner group was

placed in Florence?

$300 Answer from H5

Italian POW’s.

$400 Question from H5

Although the U.S. didn’t get

involved in WWII until Dec. of

1941, what years did WWII take

place from?

It began in the year__?__ and

ended in the year__?___

$400 Answer from H5

It began in the year

1939 and ended in

the year 1945

$500 Question from H5 What does this answer refer to?

In this new industrial age (1800-1900’s), nations

needed to acquire resources and markets for trade

that were outside of their own national borders.

Consequently, the modern industrial demand

motivated nations to take over or control foreign

territories. Rival countries would get territorial and

this created tension between these leading nations.

As the most powerful nations continued to compete

against each other to dominate weaker nations, it

was only a matter of time before this would cause

the modern global wars (WWI and WWII).

$500 Answer from H5

How imperialism

caused the World Wars

and economic crisis of

1900-1945.

Final Jeopardy

Next week is Spirit Week…What are the themes for

Monday?

Tuesday?

Wednesday?

Thursday ?

and Friday?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Spirit Week Themes for…