Chapter 7 Lesson 2
How many Native Americans were drafted?
12,000
It established to prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort. It deals between Unions and Factories.
National War Labor Board
It was a garden planted by civilians during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other foods for the troops.
Victory Gardens
It was created to produce war materials.
War Industries Board (WIB)
Who sent agents to the South to recruit African Americans?
Henry Ford
Who ran the Food Administration?
Herbert Hoover
Congress borrowed $20 billion through two bonds. What were they?
Liberty bonds and Victory bonds
How many men volunteered to military service?
2 million
How many Americans were drafted?
2.8 million
How many Puerto Ricans were drafted?
20,000
How many African American were drafted?
400,000
How many African Americans served overseas as combat troops?
42,000
What rules did the National War Labor Board set?
8-hours Work Day Higher Pay Right to Organize= No Strike
What was created to emphasize cooperation between Big business and government?
Agencies
It lends money to the government to be repaid with interest in specified number of years.
Bond
In the Great Migration 300,000 - 500,000 African Americans moved North for better jobs. Where did they go?
Chicago, New York, Cleveland, and Detroit
It was designed to sell the war effort to the African people. They used Propaganda Posters and Four minute speeches.
Committee on Public Information CPI
Is to select a person at random for mandatory military service.
Draft
It was illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort. It also was meant to find German spies.
Espionage Act of 1917
It was delivered by 4-minute Men at movie theaters and public places to urge audiences to support the war
Four-minute Speeches
It managed the use of coal and oil. Daylight savings was introduced because of this.
Fuel Administration
It was illegal to speak against the war publicly.
Sedition Act of 1918
It required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft.
Selective Service Act of 1917
It was run by Herbert Hoover and it was created to increase food production and to decrease civilian consumption. It also made Victory Gardens
The Food Administration
