AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Children went to work in factories to help support their families
|
|
|
Large amounts of propaganda influenced Americans to support the war
|
|
|
Americans of Japanese descent were kept in internment camps
|
|
|
Women joined the workforce in large numbers
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Food, gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives and planted “victory gardens.” To help build the armaments necessary to win the war, women and Blacks found employment as electricians, welders and riveters in defense plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many children had to grow up quickly during wartime. Many children had to look after themselves and younger siblings while their mothers worked. Nearly two million children were evacuated from their homes at the start of World War Two. They were evacuated to the countryside to escape the bombing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Children of all ages could get involved in the war effort. Older boys and girls joined the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. They supported Air Raid Precautions by acting as messengers or fire-watchers. Younger children helped salvage war materials, raised money for munitions or knitted comforts for troops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The postwar expulsion of Germans from Eastern European countries further increased the number of missing, displaced, and lost German children. More than a million children returned to their homes or went to the locations their families had designated as postwar meeting places-usually a relative’s home.