Exit Ticket: Chapter 16, Section 2

Please match the following or get drafted...to clean the toilets in the boy's bathrooms...all of them.

• Four-Minute Men

• These were men and celebrities that traveled across the country to persuade Americans to buy war bonds.

• Liberty (War) Bonds

• These were loans to the US government to pay for the war, and the holder would be paid back later with interest.

• Draft

• This was a patriotic endeavor where Americans grew their own vegetables during the war.

• Victory Gardens

• This is a system used for choosing people from the population to serve in the military.

• Espionage

• This is spying on a foreign country or government to acquire information for another.

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).

• George Creel
• Joseph Pulitzer
• William Randolph Hearst
• John J. Pershing
• Henry Cabot Lodge