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2. Define Migration and one example of where Americans migrated to in the 1940s.

3. Movement. California, Texas, and Florida.

4. Name the city that was most affected by Migration (it’s population grew by 61%).

5. Mobile, Alabama

6. What new style of warfare was used up and down the Western Front?

7. Trench Warfare

8. Name the only group of men to be arrested during the Zoot-Suit Riots.

9. Zoot-Suiters

10. What were the children of single mothers who worked in the factories called?

11. “Latchkey children” or “eight- hour orphans”

12. What was Roosevelt’s nickname after he retired “Dr. New Deal”?

13. “Dr. Win-the-War”

14. Give the amount of teenagers that had dropped out of high school by 1944.

15. One Million

16. Give one example of the memories held by the children of the 40’s.

17. Collecting scrap, watching war movies where the good guys always won, and being intensely interested in war news.

18. What was Roosevelt’s response to the Zoot-Suit Riots?

19. Condemned the prejudice that caused it.

20. What ethnicity were most Zoot- Suiters?

21. Hispanic

22. Name one way communities cracked down on juvenile delinquency.

23. Curfew

24. Define Deficit Spending

25. Using borrowed money to counteract economic downturns

26. Name two New Deal programs that were cut after the beginning of WWII.

27. Civilian Construction Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA)

28. How many farm workers stopped working on the farms in the 1940’s? How was farm production affected by this?

29. 11% left, but production rose (+15%)

30. Where did racial tensions first explode? Who was blamed for it?

31. Detroit. Blamed African American for starting it.

32. Who made more: Typists, Teachers, or Shipyard Workers?

33. Shipyard Workers

34. According to the book, which California city grew the most due to migration in the 1940’s? What is the biggest city in California today?

35. San Diego. Los Angeles.

36. Name three issues caused by population increases in Boomtowns.

37. Crime, overcrowding in schools, poor living conditions, and racial and social tensions rose.

38. How many people were killed in the Detroit Riots?

39. 34 people were killed (25 African-Americans)

40. What caused the increase in Mexican illegal immigrants during the 1940s?

41. Opportunities for farmwork.

42. What did the Zoot Suit signify for its wearers?

43. Independence from the rest of society.

44. What was one reason why Zoot- Suiters were disliked before the Riots?

45. Suit used too much wool to be made.

46. Name three movements created on the Homefront to help the war effort.

47. Recycling, Buying War Bonds, Victory Gardens, and rationing.

48. In addition to minorities, which group became a large portion of the workforce during the 1940s.

49. Women

50. What were two pros for the home front during the war years? What were two cons?

51. Pros: full-employment, financial stability, gains in civil rights movement. Cons: overcrowding, housing shortages, crime, juvenile delinquency.