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WorksheetsAmerican Homefront WWI
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Espionage and Sedition Acts limited Americans right to
Speak freely about the concerns and disagreements with the American government during WW1
Join the war by volunteering
Choose they own political parties to vote for during World War 1
Advertise for their own companies and products during the war
A position of not taking sides in a conflict
Neutrality
Propaganda
Rationing
Imperialism
How did the Great War affect life on the home front?
Governments encouraged civil liberties like the freedom of the press and the right to protest against the war.
Economies were geared toward providing consumer goods.
Essential items needed for the war effort were rationed and conserved.
After the heroic actions of the African American units in World War 1, Jim Crow Laws were repealed and removed.
Who was the United States President during World War 1?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Who was in charge of getting all Americans to support the war effort?
Committee on Public Information
conscientious objectors
American solidiers
Uncle Sam
Made it illegal to spy or interfere with government foreign policy such as the military draft.
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Military Draft Act
No Spy Act
Made it illegal to say anything disloyal about the government or war effort.
Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Disloyal Act
First Amendment Act
pg. 174 The excerpt is from the Supreme Court Case "Schenck v. United States": The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. Which statement below agrees with the passage above?
Prayer in most public schools is unconstitutional
Freedom of Speech in the United States is not absolute
Immigration from other countries should not be allowed during wartime
Criticism of Allied policies must be prohibited during the war
During WWI, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
This propaganda poster wants you to do what?
Sign up for the war by joining the Army.
Sign up for the war by enlisting in the Navy.
Buy Liberty bonds.
Buy a Papa Johns Pizza
This poster was intended to persuade
Farmers to consume fewer scarce goods during the war
Women to work producing war materials
People to save money during the war
People to help finance the war
