Which of the following statements about life in America during the Second World War is not accurate?

Which of the following statements about life in America during the Second World War is not accurate?





A. To help the war effort, African Americans were hired to perform many high-paying, skilled factory jobs that had previously held by white men.


B. Thousands of Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to internment camps.


C. To help the war effort, women were hired to perform many high-paying, skilled factory jobs that had previously held by men.


D. Consumer goods such as gasoline and silk, and food items such as bread, butter, milk, and sugar were rationed to ensure adequate supplies for the war effort.





please help, thank you.|||A and C, nothing high paying about those jobs... but your teacher probably wants answer A.|||Since B, C, and D are all true, I'd guess A.|||The Answer is A.;.|||A





(Though African-American Males were given lots of low paying semi skilled jobs )





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|||The option that you are most likely seeking is:





A. To help the war effort, African Americans were hired to perform many high-paying, skilled factory jobs that had previously held by white men.





This is by process of elimination because the other three are clearly reflective of the times. However, while 'A' is generally true there were exceptions.|||A. WWII was before the civil rights movement got rolling.|||"A" is the only logical choice, because the rest are true.|||A is not accurate. B, C and D are.|||It has to be "A". We know that the Japanese, at least those on or near the West Coast were interned and consumer goods as set forth in "D" were rationed.


I'm having a problem with "C". Although women were then "allowed" to work at jobs previously held only be men, I sure don't know of any where they were getting any better jobs than African American men and/or women during this period.|||A is false|||Your teacher probably wants A but don't think for a minute that they would pay a "dame" back then anything near what a man was making. Hey, my mother saw the same thing when she started working back in 1951. A woman would be very lucky to make even 75 percent of a man's salary!!


Good luck on your test or paper!!|||The answer is A. Back during WWII blacks were still treated poorly in the U.S., even in the military where they were fighting for our country. They were usually segregated in the military due to much predjudices by other soldiers.





About answer C. Women were hired to perform many high paying jobs previously held by men. Nowhere in the answer does it say they were paid the high wages, or the same as the men that previously held those positions.