WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD– ENCOURAGED COMPANIES TO USE MASS

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AND TO STANDARDIZE PRODUCTS; SET PRODUCTION QUOTAS; ALLOCATED RAW MATERIALS; CONDUCTED PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THE RIGHT JOBS; INCREASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BY ABOUT 20%; CAUSED RETAIL PRICES TO CORPORATE PROFITS TO SOAR

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION– CONTROLLED THE NATION’S RAILROADS

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• FUEL ADMINISTRATION– REGULATED COAL SUPPLIES; RATIONED

GASOLINE AND HEATING OIL; INTRODUCED DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD– RESOLVED LABOR DISPUTES; PUSHED FOR

IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• FOOD ADMINISTRATION– ENCOURAGED AMERICANS TO REDUCE THEIR

CONSUMPTION OF FOOD VOLUNTAIRLY; TRIPLED FOOD SHIPMENTS TO THE ALLIES; SET A HIGH GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR WHEAT AND OTHER STAPLES

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION– MOBILIZED THE NATION’S ARTISTS AND

ADVERTISING PEOPLE TO POPULARIZE THE WAR; RECRUITED 75,000 FOUR MINUTE MED TO DELIVER PRO-WAR SPEECHES; INCREASED SUPPORT FOR THE WAR

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING

WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS• ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS– THE PROSECUTION OF 2,000 PEOPLE AND THE

CONVICTIONS OF MORE THAN 1,000; LOSS OF MAILING PRIVELAGES FOR PUBLICATIONS THAT CRITICIZED THE WAR; FIRING OF PEOPLE WHO OPPOSED THE WAR; IMPRISONMENT OF EUGENE V. DEBS, EMMA GOLDMAN, AND BILL HAYWOOD

WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS

OF AMERICANS• IMMIGRANTS– MANY LOST THEIR JOBS; SOME WERE ATTACKED

OR KILLED

WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS

OF AMERICANS• AFRICAN AMERICANS– THE GREAT MIGRATIONINVOLVED MASSIVE

MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM SOUTHERN RURAL AREAS TO NORTHERN CITIES. IT CAUSED NEW PROBLEMS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AS THEY BEGAN TO LIVE IN CITIES, BUT IT ALSO IMPROVED THEIR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE ALLOWED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SERVE UNDER AFRICAN-AMERICAN OFFICERS

WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS

OF AMERICANS• WOMEN– MANY WOMEN MOVED INTO JOBS

TRADITIONALLY HELD BY MEN. WOMEN’S WARTIME EFFORTS ENCOURAGED PASSAGE OF THE NINETENTH AMENDMENT, WHICH RECOGNIZED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE