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Number 1. Controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services often used during war time

Correct Answer: Rationing

Number 2. Poster girl for women employed in the defense industries

Correct Answer: Rosie the Riveter

Number 3. Gardens planted at individual residences to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort

Correct Answer: Victory Gardens

Number 4. Started in June 1942 and worked with the media to create patriotic posters and ads. The purpose was to maintain morale, patriotism, and participation in the war effort.

Correct Answer: Office of War Information

Number 5. Developed a huge market for small-size paperback books during World War II. The paperback versions of books helped save materials and were small enough for soldiers to fit in their pockets on the battlefield.

Correct Answer: DeGraff

Number 6. The (blank) (blank) (blank) (blank) (blank) gave women the chance to play ball professionally for the first time during WWII.

Correct Answer: All American Girls’ Softball League

Number 7. The port of (blank) became a hub for the transportation of military goods and Alabama and had two shipyards to build warships.

Correct Answer: Mobile

Number 8. Steel mills in (blank), Alabama received millions of dollars in contracts for defense-related products such as bombs, helmets, and steel for shipbuilding.

Correct Answer: Birmingham

Number 9. (blank)  (blank) in Alabama included Maxwell and Gunter Air Bases in Montgomery, Craig Field in Selma, Brookley Field in Mobile, Fort Rucker in Ozark/Enterprise, Fort McClellan and Anniston Ordnance Works in Anniston and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Correct Answer: Military bases

Number 10. P.O.W. camp in Alabama that at its height, the camp housed nearly 6,000 German prisoners.

Correct Answer: Aliceville

Number 11. The army air force created the 99th Pursuit Squadron, also known as the(blank) (blank), which was an African American pilot unit trained in Tuskegee, Alabama.  The squadron played a vital role during the Battle of Anzio during the Italian campaign.

Correct Answer: Tuskegee Airmen

Number 12. The (blank) (blank) (blank) (blank) began rationing in 1941. This office provided ration books with coupons to families for products in limited supply like gas, rubber, meat, coffee, and sugar.

Correct Answer: Office of Price Administration

Number 13. With rubber, metal, and silk in high demand, Americans (especially children) donated these products to the U.S. Scrap metal campaigns or (blank) (blank). Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops also participated, giving even children an important role to play in the war effort.

Correct Answer: scrap drives

Number 14. (blank) were played before each movie that boosted patriotism by showing our brave soldiers in action on the battlefield and the efforts of proud Americans supporting the war effort at home.

Correct Answer: Newsreels