WWI - The War at Home

This government agency oversaw the production of all American factories. It determined priorities, allocated raw materials, and fixed prices; it told manufacturers what they could and could not produce.

• Food Administration

• War Industries Board

• U.S. Railroad Administration

• Fuel Administration

National War Labor Board was created to settle differences between these groups so war materials would be produced.

• women and their employers.

• how much money was needed and spent on war related items (uniforms, weapons, transportation, etc.).

• companies and workers, so workers would not go on strike

• companies and the U.S. government, so prices for war goods would not rise.

What government agency was formed to make sure soldiers received the rations they needed to fuel their fighting?

• FOOD ADMINISTRATION

• FARMERS BOARD

• GARDENING ADMINISTRATION

• FOOD BANK

A conservation measure used during WWI

• Meatless Monday

• Foodless Friday

• No Shave November

• Taco Tuesday

Which product was sold to help finance or pay for WWI

• Payday loans

• Savings Bonds

• Liberty Bonds

• Personal Income Taxes

Through the buying of Liberty Bonds, the average American was loaning money to the US government.

• True

• False

The Committee on Public Information was created . . . .

• to sell as many war bonds as possible.

• to make people against the war.

• to inform the U.S. public on a daily basis on the war in Europe.

• To sell the war to Americans to get their support

The tool by which business, labor, government, and American opinion were molded to fight was:

• Propaganda
• Conscription
• Neutrality
• Dollar Diplomacy

How did the Committee of Public Information utilize propaganda

• To encourage public support for the war

• To encourage support for isolationism

• To encourage youth to join the scouting programs

• To encourage women to stay home and take care of kids

The main mission of the Committee on Public Information was to get all Americans onboard with the war effort.

• TRUE

• FALSE