Unit 5, Lesson 2: The Home Front

Discover the WWII home front! Learn about life, industry, and diverse groups.

Vocabulary Match the vocab word to the correct definition. mobilize assemble for action civil defense protecting the homeland rationing to limit how much of a good people can buy internment camps special camps where people were forced to live and give up their jobs, businesses, and homes Factories switched from producing consumer goods to making military equipment. true false Matching Minority Groups Match the minority group with the correct description. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps a group set up for women to work in the army, but this was an auxiliary corp which meant that it was not part of the regular army Women's Army Corps Over 150,000 women served in this unit that was part of the regular army. United Service Organization a nonprofit organization that provides recreation and entertainment for the military Fill in the blanks about minority groups in the war Nearly a million African Americans joined the armed forces. They served in units that were segregated from white soldiers. Latinos did not have to serve in segregated units. Twelve Latinos won the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor. Native Americans served in the armed forces as well. The U.S. Marines used several Navajo to speak in ¨code¨ over radio so that enemy soldiers could not understand them. After Pearl Harbor, some Americans wrongly feared that Japanese Americans would secretly help Japan. True False In March 1943, President Roosevelt issued an order that forced all Japanese Americans living on the East Coast to leave their homes. True False