Homework Check 7.2

To help prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the Committee on Public Information in April 1918.

• True

• False

The War Industries Borad worked closely with women and African Americans to help them gain civil rights.

• True

• False

A new government agency, the Committee on Public Information, had the task of estbalishing penalties and prison terms for anyone who gave aid to the enemy.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Perhaps the most successful goverment agency during this time was the Food Administration, which was run by

• Bernard Baruch.

• William Howard Taft.

• Herbert Hoover.

• George Creel.

Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called

• selective service.

• local draft boards.

• selective volunteers.

• lotteries.

To conserve energy, the Fuel Administration shortened workweeks for factories tha did not make war materials and introduced

• daylight saving time.

• time zones.

• flexible hours.

• conscription.

During World War I, women officially served in the armed forces for the first time in

• combat positions.

• training operations positions.

• clerical and nursing positions.

• officer and management positions.