Quiz over 7-2

To help prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the Committee on Public Information in April 1918.

• True, but is not false

• False, but is not true

• True, but is not True

• False, but is not False

The War Industries Board worked closely with women and African Americans to help them gain civil rights.

• False, but not not not True

• False, but is not not True

• True, but is not not not False

• True, but is not not False

A new government agency, the Committee on Public Information, had the task of establishing penalties and prison terms for anyone who gave aid to the enemy

• true

• false

To help fund the war effort, Congress raised income tax rates

• True

• False

• Troo

• Fales

Perhaps the most successful government agency during this time was the Food Administration which was run by

• Herbert Hoover

• Bernard Baruch

• George Creel

• William Howard Taft

Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called

• local draft boards

• off to war

• selective service

• selective volunteers

To conserve energy, the Fuel Administration shortened workweeks for factories that did not make war materials and introduced

• conscription

• flexible spending accounts

• daylight savings time

• time zones

During World War I, women officially served in the armed forces for the first time in

• combat positions

• training operations positions

• officer and management positions

• clerical and nursing positions

The National War Labor Board often pressured businesses to

• improve work conditions

• increase productivity

• increase work hours

• lower wages

Selling support for World War I to the American people was the task of

• J. Edgar Hoover

• the War Propaganda Board

• the War Industries Board

• the Committee on Public Information