History test

A new government agency, the Committee on Public Information, had the task of establishing penalties and

prison terms for anyone who gave aid to the enemy.

• True

• False

To help fill industrial jobs vacated by men serving in the military, the government established the National

War Labor Board in April 1918.

• True

• False

Under Bernard Baruch's leadership, the War Industries Board began working closely with women and African

Americans.

• True

• False

To fund the war effort, Congress raised income tax rates.

• True

• False

Warren G. Harding's sentiments of returning to normalcy struck a chord with voters, and he won the election

of 1920 with a landslide margin.

• True

• False

After the war, people raced to buy goods that had been rationed, while businesses rapidly raised prices they

had been forced to keep low during the war. This resulted in rapid deflation.

• True

• False

Continuing political turmoil in Mexico, combined with the wartime labor shortage in the United States,

convinced many Mexicans to head north.

• True

• False

A failed strike in Gary, Indiana, which left 18 dead, set back the union cause in the mining industry.

• True

• False

U.S. Attorney General Palmer predicted that violence would rock the nation on Labor Day 1920—a popular

European celebration of workers.

• True

• False

The wave of strikes in 1919 helped to fuel fears that Communists were conspiring to start a revolution in the

United States.

• True

• False