Unit 6 Topic 2 : WWI Homefront

During WWI, the main purpose of the Committee on Public Information was to

• justify tactics used by the Allies during the war.

• encourage broad public support for entry into the war.

• inform Americans about those that died during the war.

• explain how a League of Nations would prevent future wars.

Which of the following administrations, headed by Herbert Hoover, encouraged “Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesday?”

• Fuel Administration

• Committee on Public Information

• Food Administration

• National War Labor Board

 Such expression as “liberty cabbage” and “liberty sausage,” as used during World War I, were an indication of 

• food shortages.

• American hostile reaction to German things.

• American food relief to Belgium.

• American patriotic fervor to increase the food supply.

The Espionage Act, passed by Congress in 1917 made it illegal to 

• refuse to plant a Victory Garden and buy Liberty Bonds. 

• obstruct military recruitment and deny mailing privileges to any material considered treasonous or harmful to the war effort.

• buy or sell military equipment without a government permit.

• print or publish disloyal criticism of the government, the Constitution, or the flag. 

Which of the following administrations, composed of labor and management, established an 8-hour work day for war workers?

• Fuel Administration 

• Committee on Public Information

• Food Administration

• National War Labor Board

The Sedition Act, passed by Congress in 1917, made it illegal to 

• refuse to plant a Victory Garden and buy Liberty Bonds.

• obstruct military recruitment and deny mailing privileges to any material considered treasonous or harmful to the war effort.

• buy or sell military equipment without a government permit.

• print or publish disloyal criticism of the government, the Constitution, or the flag.

Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _______________________ to prepare the economy for war.

• congressional legislation

• voluntary compliance

• presidential edict

• court decisions

Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because 

• the law required the registration of sixteen-year-old males.

• they disliked  the idea of compelling a person to serve.

• there was racial discrimination in the military.

• substitutes could be hired to take someone’s place.

During World War I, civil liberties in America were

• protected by the Espionage Act.

• limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions.

• extended to everyone in this country, because the war was fought for democracy.

• denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty.  

The two groups who suffered most from the violation of civil liberties during World War I were

• Catholics and atheists.

• Irish Americans and Japanese Americans.

• African Americans and Latinos.

• German Americans and social radicals.