The Home Front

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

• Conscriptions

• daylight saving time

• flexible hours

• time zones

During WWI, 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