Chapter 255. Reflections on The Wartime Home Front, Chapter 25

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that the United States was insulated from the war’s destruction, but wartime mobilization transformed American life by creating economic prosperity, reshaping women’s roles, and highlighting rhetoric about democracy and equality that justified new struggles for equal rights.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that the United States was insulated from the war’s destruction, but wartime mobilization transformed American life by creating economic prosperity, reshaping women’s roles, and highlighting rhetoric about democracy and equality that justified new struggles for equal rights.

Correct. The answer is d. To substantiate his claim that World War II altered traditional notions about women’s place in American society, the author uses evidence showing that, by 1945, the number of women working outside the home was 50 percent more than in 1939.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To substantiate his claim that World War II altered traditional notions about women’s place in American society, the author uses evidence showing that, by 1945, the number of women working outside the home was 50 percent more than in 1939.

Correct. The answer is b. The author uses the example of A. Philip Randolph’s threat to organize a black march on Washington in 1941 to protest discrimination in defense industries as evidence to support his point that wartime rhetoric was used to justify new struggles for equal rights in the United States.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author uses the example of A. Philip Randolph’s threat to organize a black march on Washington in 1941 to protest discrimination in defense industries as evidence to support his point that wartime rhetoric was used to justify new struggles for equal rights in the United States.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that the American voters reelected Roosevelt to a fourth term in 1944 because they did not want to change presidents during a major war.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that the American voters reelected Roosevelt to a fourth term in 1944 because they did not want to change presidents during a major war.

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that increased black migration to cities intensified racial antagonisms in those areas, which led to race riots in the summer of 1943.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that increased black migration to cities intensified racial antagonisms in those areas, which led to race riots in the summer of 1943.

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