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Final Jeopardy
$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…