America in WWI

Organized to increase public support for the war effort

• War Industries Board

• Committee on Public Information

• Food Administration

• National War Labor Board

Provided penalties for aiding the enemy, refusing military duty, or speaking disloyally about the US government, Constitution, or flag

• Committee on Public Information

• NAACP

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

• National War Labor Board

Amount of men drafted to serve in US military under the Selective Service Act

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 3 million

• 5 million

The government began training African Americans in combat roles after pressure from this organization

• Selective Service Act

• National War Labor Board

• Committee on Public Information

• NAACP

Provided loans to the Allies to purchase food and war supplies

• Liberty bonds

• Liberty gardens

• Food Administration

• Espionage Act

Created to oversee the production and distribution of goods made by US war industries

• Committee on Public Information

• National War Labor Board

• War Industries Board

• Food Administration

Food and farm production, as well as prices, increased greatly after Herbert Hoover took control of this

• NAACP

• Committee on Public Information

• Food Administration

• War Industries Board

One of the few members of Congress to cast a vote against America's entry into WWI

• Jeanette Rankin

• Jane Addams

• Florence Kelley

• Woodrow Wilson

Outlined minimum wage and maximum hour standards and required equal pay for female workers

• National War Labor Board

• Committee on Public Information

• Food Administration

• War Industries Board

Soldiers from the American Expeditionary Force joined British units.

• True

• False