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WorksheetsExit Ticket: Chapter 16, Section 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Please match the following or get drafted...to clean the toilets in the boy's bathrooms...all of them.
This was a patriotic endeavor where Americans grew their own vegetables during the war.
Victory Gardens
These were loans to the US government to pay for the war, and the holder would be paid back later with interest.
Liberty (War) Bonds
These were men and celebrities that traveled across the country to persuade Americans to buy war bonds.
Four-Minute Men
This is spying on a foreign country or government to acquire information for another.
Espionage
This is a system used for choosing people from the population to serve in the military.
Draft
What was the main focus of the War Industries Board (WIB)?
It determined who was qualified to work in important wartime factories
It coordinated the distribution of valuable resources and the production of weaponry
It wanted to increase the number of unionized workers in major US industries
It set the standards for which young men would be drafted into the military
It did all of the above
Which of the following statements about the Food Administration is FALSE?
It was led by future president Calvin Coolidge
It was responsible for increasing food production while decreasing civilian consumption
It encouraged Americans to plant their own “victory gardens” to conserve food
It encouraged Americans to eat less meat and wheat and more fish, poultry, and corn
All of the above are TRUE statements about the Food Administration
This wartime government agency implemented “daylight savings” and “Heatless Mondays” to help conserve energy in the US during the war:
the National War Labor Board (NWLB)
the Food Administration
the Committee on Public Information (CPI)
the Fuel Administration
National Energy Administration (NEA)
The US government did all the following to fund the $32 billion it spent on the war EXCEPT:
It sold numerous “Liberty Bonds”, largely with the help of the “Four-Minute Men”
It increased taxes on corporate profits, especially on those of the arms factories
It raised income tax rates
It lowered tariffs on the Allied Powers
All of the above are methods that the US government used to fund the war
Check all that apply:
The National War Labor Board (NWLB) did all the following:
It was created to prevent labor strikes that could disrupt wartime production
It required all businesses that had over 10 workers to unionize
It pressured industry to improve wages and allow unions the right to organize and bargain collectively
It enabled union membership to increase over 1 million during the war
What did many labor leaders and unions agree to do during World War I?
to encourage its members working in the factories to enlist in the US military
to not disrupt war production by going on strike
to encourage housewives to leave the home and work in the factories
to require union members to volunteer more to help the war effort
All of the above
What was the “Great Migration”?
It was the movement of Jewish people from Europe to the US during the war
It was the migration of the rural population into major cities between 1870 and 1920
It was the migration of 100,000 Mexicans to the US Southwest between 1917-1920
It was the large-scale movement of Southern blacks into the North and West that started during World War I and lasted until 1970
What was the main responsibility of the Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
It censored information harmful to the US and the Allies in newspapers and magazines
It determined the content taught in history textbooks and high school classrooms
It required all churches and synagogues to have all their sermons promote the war effort
It hired artists and entertainers to sway public opinion to support the US war effort
All of the above
(a) was the former journalist who was picked to head the influential Committee on Public Information (CPI).
Which wartime legislation made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort?
Espionage Act (1917)
Selective Service Act (1917)
Volstead Act (1917)
Sedition Act (1918)
Which wartime legislation made it illegal to speak out against the war effort publicly?
Espionage Act (1917)
Volstead Act (1917)
Selective Service Act (1917)
Sedition Act (1918)
Which piece of wartime legislation required all men between the ages of 21-30 to register for the wartime draft
Espionage Act (1917)
Volstead Act (1917)
Selective Service Act (1917)
Sedition Act (1918)
Honors: what did the Supreme Court in Schenk v. US (1919)?
The US government could not censor news reports about deaths and defeats pertaining to the war
The US government could restrict speech if it constituted a “clear and present danger” to the country
The US government was allowed to set up a military draft to enlist men for the war effort
The US government could not require businesses to recognize unions in the workplace
The US government could not force American citizens to join unions
Who was largely responsible for selecting or exempting men from military service during the "Great War"?
the Department of War
state legislatures
local draft boards
the Supreme Court
local churches and parishes
What killed over 25 million people worldwide, including more than 500,000 Americans, between 1918 and 1919?
a massive influenza epidemic
food poisoning from poisoned cheese
the brutality of World War I
automobile crashes
the re-emergence of the Black Death (bubonic plague)
Approximately how many US soldiers died from BOTH combat and disease during World War I?
between 50,000 to 60,000
between 70,000 to 80,000
between 110,000 to 120,000
between 190,000 to 200,000
between 250,000 to 300,000
All the following US minority groups fought for the US during World War I EXCEPT:
African-Americans
Arab Americans
Asian-Americans
Mexican-Americans
Officially serving for the first time in war, what did the vast majority of women do?
They served as cooks and cleaned latrines
They served as nurses on the front lines and in the trenches
They served as social organizers and organized dances to boost troop morale
They served as radio operators and photographers
They performed clerical work
