War on the Homefront

Information, that may be true or false, that is put out to influence public opinion is called . . .

• FAKE NEWS

• PERSUASION

• BIAS

• PROPAGANDA

What government agency was formed to rally public support for the entry of the U.S. into the Great War?

• COMMITTEE ON PROPAGANDA

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION

• COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION

• DEPARTMENT OF WAR

Anti-German feelings developed in the U.S. during World War I

• TRUE

• FALSE

What laws were passed that made it illegal to take actions against the U.S. government.

• ESPIONAGE AND TRAITOR ACT

• ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACT

• SELF DEFENSE ACT

• ALIEN AND SEDITION ACT

What was the name of the muckraker who was appointed to run the Committee on Public Information?

• George Creel

• Herbert Hoover

• John Pershing

• Upton Sinclair

What was the role of the four Minutemen?

• To make public appearances to lead an antiwar movement

• To make public appearances to rally support for the war

• To draft eligible men in the US military

• To lead troops over the top and out of the trenches

The main mission of the Committee on Public Information was to get all Americans onboard with the war effort.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One of the major methods of getting the propaganda about the war out to the public was through the use of posters.

• True

• False

In order to increase the size of the U.S. army, what act was passed which required men between certain ages to register with the government with the possibility of being drafted.

• ARMY ENLISTMENT ACT

• SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

• DRAFT DECLARATION

• DEFENSE ACT

The Germans made a fateful decision that the only way to win the war was to ensure that American ships did not reach _________________.

• France

• Russia

• Germany

• Great Britain