Question

Recognizing Supporting Details 6 Points - 1/2 Each

Each main idea is related to the topic given. Complete the chart by writing the letter of the facts
that support each main idea.
Wartime Commitment
Topic: World War II required commitment from all Americans in almost
every aspect of their lives.
1. Main Idea: More than 15 million Americans
joined the armed forces.
Supporting Details:
3. Main Idea: Women and minorities
contributed to the wartime need for labor at
home.
Supporting Details:
A. Women could not buy nylon
stockings.
B. Americans had taxes withheld from
their paychecks.
Word Bank
C. Ira Hayes, one of the thousands of
Native Americans who served, became a
hero at Iwo Jima.
D. About 250,000 women served in the
WACS, the WAVES, and the women's
units of the Marines, Coast Guard, and
Army Air Corps.
E. Celebrities urged people to buy war
bonds.
2. Main Idea: Americans made personal
sacrifices to support the war effort.
Supporting Details:
F. Americans used government-issued
ration coupons to buy shoes, gasoline,
tires, sugar, and meat.
4. Main Idea: Americans contributed
financially to the war effort.
Supporting Details:
G. Women worked as welders and
riveters in factories.
H. About one million African American
men and women served in the armed
forces.
I. Many Native Americans left
reservations to work in defense
industries.
J. People planted "victory gardens" to
grow vegetables.
K. Agents recruited farm and railroad
workers from Mexico.
L. Of the more that 300,000 Hispanic
Americans who served in the war,
twelve received the Medal of Honor.

Answer 1

Main Idea 1: More than 15 million Americans joined the armed forces.

Supporting Details: C. Ira Hayes, one of the thousands of Native Americans who served, became a hero at Iwo Jima. D. About 250,000 women served in the WACS, the WAVES, and the women's units of the Marines, Coast Guard, and Army Air Corps.

Main Idea 2: Americans made personal sacrifices to support the war effort.

Supporting Details: F. Americans used government-issued ration coupons to buy shoes, gasoline, tires, sugar, and meat.

Main Idea 3: Women and minorities contributed to the wartime need for labor at home.

Supporting Details: G. Women worked as welders and riveters in factories. H. About one million African American men and women served in the armed forces. I. Many Native Americans left reservations to work in defense industries.

Main Idea 4: Americans contributed financially to the war effort.

Supporting Details: B. Americans had taxes withheld from their paychecks. E. Celebrities urged people to buy war bonds. J. People planted "victory gardens" to grow vegetables. K. Agents recruited farm and railroad workers from Mexico. L. Of the more than 300,000 Hispanic Americans who served in the war, twelve received the Medal of Honor.