Question

The quote below was written during the 1940s:

"The senselessness of all the inactive manpower. . . . [M]en who are able and willing to do all they can to lick the Axis. . . . Why won't America let us?"

Based on the quote, which conclusion can be made about the United States during World War II?

Minority groups living in the United States contributed more to the war effort than the government realized.

Minority groups living in the United States felt that they were able to contribute equally to the U.S. war efforts.

The government feared that certain groups might work to sab

Answer 1

otage and not help U.S. efforts in the war.

The government had more than enough able bodies to win the war that they turned volunteers away.

Answer 2

B