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America at War
On The Shady Side of the Street Episode 5
1. Before WWII, most Americans cared what ___________________
thought about them.
2. There was a massive shifting of _______________ and ethical
values.
3. In the video made to encourage the soldiers overseas, what
makes the happiest days we
have according to one
housewife?_________________________________________
4. Young people were caught up in the _______________ and
excitement of war.
5. The expensive night clubs did not cater to who?
_______________________________
6. In the play, the woman taxi driver says Lets go to
________________.
7. Military films about VD were __________________, graphic, and
frank.
8. Name one of the two sexually transmitted diseases mentioned
by the posters and public
service announcements.____________________________________
9. Who is blamed for spreading venereal
disease?________________________
10. The kind of woman who talked a soldier in to a quick
marriage to get their $50 a month
and their $10,000 death benefit were called Allotment
______________.
11. What sort of images cost Esquire magazine their 2nd class
mail rates?
___________________
12. Even in the movies, young people had a hard time dealing
with established romantic
traditions and wartime _________________________.13. What is the
name of the soldier who turns down the womans offer of marriage in
the
movie scene?____________________________
14. What percent of the American population left their home
towns to look for jobs?
______________
15. How did schools solve the problems of a quick and large
increase in the number of
children in wartime boom
towns?______________________________________
16. Boom towns did not have enough housing, so worker families
had to do what?
___________________________________________________________
17. During WWII, what kind of crime swept across the
country?_________________
18. The head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, said it was whose
responsibility to solve the new
crime problem?_______________________________
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19. Before the war, there were children and adults. During the
war, what third group was
spawned?_________________________________
20. The songwriters during the war made the message that
___________ was patriotic.
21. The song says, You cant say ______________ to a soldier.
22. According to Hollywood, getting married was the
_____________ thing to do.
23. They [married couples from WWII] __________________ in large
numbers despite of
social, religious, and family disapproval.
