The Home Front Questions
Answer the questions below. You may redo the questions one more time after your first attempt. I will take the highest grade of the two.
- 1.World War I took place mainly in ______.
- A.
South America
- B.
Europe
- C.
The United States
- D.
Asia
- 2.The "home front" for America was in ______.
- A.
The United States
- B.
Asia
- C.
Europe
- D.
South America
- 3.Propaganda posters encouraged people to ______.
- A.
Oppose the war
- B.
Save money in the bank
- C.
Support the war
- D.
Go on strike
- 4.In victory gardens, people grew food to ________.
- A.
Send to the soldiers
- B.
Can in the factories
- C.
Eat at home
- D.
Feed the farm animals
- 5.During the war, many women took jobs in _________________.
- A.
Factories
- B.
Victory gardens
- C.
Combat
- D.
Government agencies
- 6."Wheatless" Mondays were Mondays when ______.
- A.
Bread factories closed down
- B.
Soldiers ate no wheat
- C.
Farmers planted no wheat
- D.
Citizens at home ate no wheat
- 7.During the war, factories produced ______.
- A.
Guns, bullets, and ships
- B.
Food, medical supplies, and uniforms
- C.
Typewriters, walkie - talkies, and telegraph machines
- D.
Cars, trucks, and tanks
- 8.Home front activities included ______.
- A.
Planting gardens
- B.
Trench warfare
- C.
Naval battles
- D.
Building homes
- 9.What were American propaganda posters mainly for during World War I?
- A.
They were posters attempting to convince people in America that volunteering to help on the home front was the right thing to do.
- B.
They were posters attempting to convince people in America that volunteering for the armed forces was the right thing to do.
- C.
They were posters attempting to convince people that going to war was the right thing to do.
- D.
They were posters attempting to convince people that the U.S. needed to stay out of the war.
- 10.How did citizens provide money to fight the war?
- A.
By purchasing war bonds and paying higher income taxes
- B.
By having fund raisers and paying higher sales taxes
- C.
By taking up donations and sending money to soldiers
- D.
By forming groups to sponsor war regiments
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