Who here has ever worked at a summer camp?

1. Women worked in all of the following occupations EXCEPT:?

• A soldiers B welders C electricians D truck drivers 2. Women worked during the war faced all of these problems EXCEPT: A lack of day-care centers for their children B having to do the housework after a day on the job C support of the family if their husbands were in the armed forces D the threat of unemployment 3. How did World War II help women to become more independent? A They learned they could do the same work as men. B They earned their own money. C They learned that they could provide for themselves. D All of the above 4. A. Philip Randolph was ___________. A an African American who demanded an end to job discrimination during World War II B an African American who urged young blacks to volunteer for the armed services C a bracero who worked in California D commander of Japanese internment camps 5. Double V stood for __________. A peace now B victory over enemies abroad and over racism at home C victory in the work place and in sports D none of the above 6. What was the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters? A a club for African Americans B a combat services team in the armed forces C a labor union for African Americans D car manufacturers 7. What is an internment camp? A A labor camp. B A prison camp. C A summer camp. D Camp David. 8. Even though their people underwent the most severe discrimination during World War II, many young Japanese Americans ___________________. A volunteered for the US armed services B offered to work in defense factories without pay C refused to learn how to speak Japanese D were smuggled into Japan to spy for the US 9. Fred Korematsu refused to go to the internment camp because _____________. A he was a US citizen B he was a Japanese spy C he had plastic surgery to look less Japanese D he had a girlfriend 10. Who were the Nisei? A Japanese immigrants B Japanese American citizens C a Japanese American legal group D farmers 11. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team _____________. A was a highly decorated unit B faced discrimination in the US armed services C all of the above D none of the above 12. As members of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), the Nisei ______________. A interrogated POWs B interpreted captured enemy documents C worked as linguists D all of the above

• Answer:

  1. A - although there were many women in the armed forces in WWII none were employed as combatants. 2. D - threat of unemployment, many women were given jobs for the first time in WWII and often in areas that were traditionally reserved for men such as in manufacturing and industry. 3. D - all of the above. 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B is closest, it was a camp for Japanese, German and Italian people lived in the US and who the US government suspected might be sympathetic to their enemies. 8. A 9. A 10. B - technically second generation Japanese Americans 11. A - as an aside the character Mr Miyagi, the Japanese Karate instructor in the "Karate Kid" movies, was a veteran of this unit and won a medal of honour. They fought mostly in Europe and I think won the highest number of Medals of Honour by any US army unit in WWII. 12. D - all of the above, many Japanese Americans served in many different areas of the US army. Despite that their families were often kept in remote internment camps.