DIRECTIONS: True or False Decide whether each sentence is true or false. Write T if the
sentence is true and F if the sentence is false. If the sentence is false, write a word or
phrase that could replace the underlined term to make the sentence true.
1. During World War II, the War Production Board
took over direction of private companies to con-
vert to war production and to prohibit manufac
turing of nonessential products.
2. Roosevelt set up the National Science Foundation
to develop products to support the war effort,
such as DDT, the bazooka, and radar.
3. To nance the war effort, the federal government
began deducting income taxes from workers'
paychecks and selling ration coupons.
4. Women entered the workforce in nontraditional
jobs, such as on factory production lines, and the
government encouraged women to work by
providing funds for child care.
5. To settle labor disputes by mediation, the govern-
ment created the Fair Employment Practices.
Board and passed a law outlawing strikes
against war industries.
6. The federal government pursued an inconsistent
policy on racial discrimination, attempting to
promote minority hiring but allowing racial
segregation in the military.
7. When Japanese American detainees appealed to
the courts to protect their civil rights, the
Supreme Court upheld the government policy
in Nisei v. United States
Tor F