Guided Reading 23-4

Its mission was to persuade the American people that the war represented a battle for democracy and ___.

Freedom

Who did people become suspicious of?

German Americans

To ensure production of vital war materials and to resolve labor disputes, the government created the ______ in April 1918.

National War Labor Board

What were some of The Committee on Public Information's methods?

Pamphlets, posters, articles and books; The Committee also called for speeches and plays

What did Americans immediately focus on after declaring war on Germany in 1917?

Preparing for war

African Americans found continued ___ in the North.

Racial prejudice

Congress passed even harsher measures in 1918- the ____. These laws made it a crime to say, print or write almost anything negative about the government.

Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act

Many ___ opposed the war because they thought it would only help rich business owners and hurt working people

Socialist

What did World War 1 cost the United States?

32 billion dollars

What did workers get as a result of the National War Board?

8 hour work day, extra pay for overtime, equal pay for women, and the right to form unions.

What occurred in East St. Louis, Illinois on July 1917?

A white mob attacked an African American neighborhood, burning houses and shooting people

Who traveled to Northern cities to find good jobs?

African Americans, Mexicans migrated as well

Presidents Wilson appointed journalist George Creel to head ____.

Committee on Public Information

What were the jobs of the War Industries Board?

Converting factories to the production of war-related goods and settling prices for key consumer goods

The _____ , passed by Congress in 1917, gave the government a new weapon to combat dissent.

Espionage Act

The ___ (1914 to 1920) occurred when between 300,000 to 500,000 African Americans moved from the rural South to Northern cities.

Great Migration

President Woodrow Wilson appointed ____ to head a new ____, which urged farmers to produce more food and the public to eat less.

Herbert Hoover; Food Adminstration

What else did government do to raise money?

Increased taxes and forced more people to pay them, higher rates on the wealthy, and imposed steep taxes on business profit

Why did the Food Administration control prices of agricultural products and what was the overall outcome?

It encouraged voluntary limitation, as a result American consumed less food, expanded food production, and increased food exports

What were African Americans in a search for?

Jobs

Two-thirds of the $32 billion that its cost the United States for World War I was raised by selling __.

Liberty Bonds

What cause labor shortages and what happened as a result?

Men left to the armed forces, providing new job opportunities for women and minorities

What did the law provide?

Stiff penalties for spying

What was the purpose of The Committee on Public Information?

Stop any antiwar sentiment, greatest propaganda campaign the nation had ever seen

The war led American industry to expand to meet the need for _____ and weapons. At the same time, the workforce got smaller.

Supplies

The ___ supervised and coordinated the nation's industrial production.

War Industries Board