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WorksheetsWWI US Homefront
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are ways people on the Homefront could help in the war effort?
Start working where there is need
Grow your own food
save fuel and metal
participate in daylight saving time
buy war bonds
Which are examples of how all things German were treated in the US during WWI? (Select all that apply)
Some German-Americans were fired from jobs
The American Protective League trolled German neighborhoods
German foods and items were renamed or avoided
German Immigrants felt pressured to buy war bonds
Which of the following are examples of propaganda?
Art posters, cartoons.
Pro war speeches (4 minute men).
Movies
All of the above
The Selective Service Act of 1917
Helped Americans choose the BEST uniforms for our troops.
Created a bank to help finance the war.
Gave the U.S. President the ability to draft soldiers and build an army.
Immediately sent U.S. troops to Europe to begin fighting.
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
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.
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
Racial tension will increase in the United States as a lot of southern black men and women move up North to fill good paying factory jobs. This is called the ______________ _____________.
The Upward Movement
Exodus Mobility
The Great Migration
The Nomadic Move
In Schenk v. The United States in 1919, the Supreme Court decided what?
Freedom of speech cannot be taken way for any reason
The draft is unconstitutional
No Constitutional right can be tampered with
Freedom of speech can be limited in case of a clear and present danger
