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

• True

• False

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

• True

• 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

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

• Bernard Baruch

• George Creel

• Herbert Hoover

• William Howard Taft

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

• Local draft boards

• Lotteries

• Selective Service

• Selective Volunteers

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

• Conscription

• Daylight Saving Time

• Flexible Hours

• 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

What was the purpose of the wartime agencies created in the U.S. during World War I?

• To help forge alliances with neutral countries so that America would have allies

• To foster cooperation between the national war effort and private businesses

• To monitor events in Europe and use this information to direct troop movements

• To convince the Americans public, including its 8 million German immigrants, to support the war effort

What was the primary purpose of the War Industries Board?

• To produce war propoganda

• To build a naval fleet

• To coordinate the production of war materials

• To harvest natural resources