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America at War On The Shady Side of the Street Episode 5 1.

. Before WWII, most Americans cared what ___________________ thought about them. 2. There was a massive shifting of _______________ and ethical values. 3. In the video made to encourage the soldiers overseas, what makes the happiest days we have according to one housewife?_________________________________________ 4. Young people were caught up in the _______________ and excitement of war. 5. The expensive night clubs did not cater to who? _______________________________ 6. In the play, the woman taxi driver says Lets go to ________________. 7. Military films about VD were __________________, graphic, and frank. 8. Name one of the two sexually transmitted diseases mentioned by the posters and public service announcements.____________________________________ 9. Who is blamed for spreading venereal disease?________________________ 10. The kind of woman who talked a soldier in to a quick marriage to get their $50 a month and their $10,000 death benefit were called Allotment ______________. 11. What sort of images cost Esquire magazine their 2nd class mail rates? ___________________ 12. Even in the movies, young people had a hard time dealing with established romantic traditions and wartime _________________________. 13. What is the name of the soldier who turns down the womans offer of marriage in the movie scene?____________________________ 14. What percent of the American population left their home towns to look for jobs? ______________ 15. How did schools solve the problems of a quick and large increase in the number of children in wartime boom towns?______________________________________ 16. Boom towns did not have enough housing, so worker families had to do what? ___________________________________________________________ 17. During WWII, what kind of crime swept across the country?_________________ 18. The head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, said it was whose responsibility to solve the new crime problem?_______________________________

19. Before the war, there were children and adults. During the war, what third group was spawned?_________________________________ 20. The songwriters during the war made the message that ___________ was patriotic. 21. The song says, You cant say ______________ to a soldier. 22. According to Hollywood, getting married was the _____________ thing to do. 23. They [married couples from WWII] __________________ in large numbers despite of social, religious, and family disapproval.

KEY 1. Neighbors 2. Moral 3. Receiving letters from overseas 4. Drama 5. Enlisted men 6. My place 7. Explicit 8. Syphilis and Gonorrhea 9. Women/Prostitutes 10. Annies 11. Pinup Girls 12. Realities 13. Johnny 14. 15% 15. Students went in shifts 16. Camp outside of town 17. Juvenile 18. The Parents 19. Teenagers 20. Sex 21. No 22. Patriotic

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