USHB Quiz

How many total people died or were wounded during World War l?

How many people from France were wounded during World War l?

Why do you think the United States had fewer casualties than many other countries in World War I?

_________ headed the War Industries Board.

• A. Herbert Hoover
• B. Woodrow Wilson
• C. Bernard Baruch
• D. Upton Sinclair

Herbert Hoover’s job was to get farmers to grow more so _________.

• A. Americans could eat more
• B. the extra food could be sent overseas
• C. farmers could make lots of money
• D. all of the above

If a man’s name was picked by the draft, he had to _________.

• A. become a farmer
• B. work for the War Industries Board
• C. join the military
• D. work in a factory

During World War I, women worked as _________.

• A. factory workers
• B. auto mechanics
• C. streetcar conductors
• D. all of the above

The _________ won World War I.

• A. Central Powers
• B. Allies
• C. Axis Powers
• D. none of the above

The _________ made sure there were enough soldiers for the U.S. Army.

• A. War Industries Board
• B. U.S. Food Administrator
• C. Selective Service Act
• D. Treaty of Versailles

Getting Americans to eat less was the job of _________.

• A. Bernard Baruch
• B. Herbert Hoover
• C. American women
• D. President Wilson