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America Goes to War
Sacrifices and Shortages- Episode 3
1. The war brought full _______________________ to America
2. American factories had stopped manufacturing civilian goods
like washing machines
and _______________________.
3. Al Smith narrated a government film about life on the
____________________.
4. Because of meat rationing, people ate a lot more
____________________.
5. What kind of flag was in every window?
______________________________
6. Americans foraged through all their stuff to find stuff that
could be
________________________ down to make guns, tanks, or
planes.
7. Women sacrificed what type of clothing [name one of the two
mentioned]?
__________________________________________
8. Name one of the two things mentioned that recycled rubber was
used for during
wartime._____________________________________________________
9. When the man brings his car to the scrap yard to donate it,
what does the sign say behind
him?________________________________________________________
10. How many gallons of gas were Americans allowed to buy a
week.____________
11. Most people received gasoline _________ cards. [what
letter?]
12. Workers received gasoline ____________ cards. [what
letter?]
13. Emergency workers received gasoline ____________ cards.
[what letter?]
14. Put away the Buicks and use the ___________________.
15. How many shoes were people rationed a year?
_____________
16. Bugs Bunny tries to convince the American public to buy
what? _________________
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17. While talking about childrens involvement to help the war
effort, the song that plays
states Lets put the ax to the ______________.
18. What kind of rationing irritated Americans most?
_____________________
19. How many points of groceries were you allowed every month?
_____________
20. How many pounds of meat were people allowed to buy a week?
_____________
21. The most common black market transaction during the war was
what?
_______________________________________
22. The 3lb Porter House steak was brought out to the stage
protected by what?
__________________________
23. Whose example did we follow by turning our back yards in to
Victory Gardens?
______________________________
24. Before the war, most Americans paid no __________________
but by the Fall of 43
almost all Americans were paying some.
