World War I Impact on America Quiz

What did the Wilson administration create to centrally organize the United States' economy during World War I?

• Environmental regulations

• Immigration policies

• Labor unions

• Wartime boards

How did the United States finance the war during World War I?

• Implementing universal basic income

• Borrowing from foreign countries

• Increasing property taxes

• Selling Liberty Bonds

What did the Espionage Act, passed in June 1917, provide penalties for?

• Labor strikes

• Tax evasion

• Anti-government protests

• Spying and sabotage

Who was arrested and convicted under the Espionage Act for making speeches against the war?

• Eugene Debs

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren Harding

What was the impact of World War I on the population demographics of the United States?

• Decrease in population

• Rise in sharecropping

• Increase in immigration

• Shift of Blacks from South to North

What was the trend of Black migration from the South to the North during World War I known as?

• The Great Migration

• The Southern Shift

• The Northern Wave

• The Migration Movement

What factor prompted the population shift of Blacks from the South to the North during World War I?

• Ban on Black immigration to the South

• Availability of defense manufacturing jobs in the North

• Decrease in racial discrimination in the South

• Increase in sharecropping opportunities in the North

What did the private businesses in the United States experience during World War I?

• Decreased government intervention

• Increased government management

• Expansion of international trade

• Tax exemptions