U.S. History

Chapter 9-2

1. After the U.S. entered the war, why did Congress create new agencies?
2. What was the purpose of the War Industries Board, and who was its leader?
3. What was the Food Administration, and who was its leader?
4. What was the purpose of “wheatless Mondays”?
5. Who headed the Fuel Administration, and what did he do to conserve energy?
6. How much money had the U.S. spent by the end of the war? How was it funded?
7. How much money was raised through the selling of bonds?
8. What was the purpose of the National War Labor Board? Was it successful in its efforts?
9. Why did the number of women working in industry increase?
10. What types of “non-female jobs” did women take?
11. What happened to these women when the war ended?
12. Where did Henry Ford go to get workers?
13. What was this massive population known as?
14. Between 1917 and 1920, how many Mexicans migrated into the Southwest?
15. What was the Committee on Public Information, and who headed it?
16. What was the Espionage Act of 1917?
17. What was the significance of: (a) Schenck v. United States, 1919, and (b) Abrams v. United States, 1919?
18. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, how many troops were there?
19. What is the Selective Service?
20. How was the order determined in which people were called before the Draft Board?
21. How many Americans were eventually drafted?
22. How many Americans volunteered for military service?
23. How many Americans died in combat, and how many died overall?
24. How many people worldwide died with the flu epidemic after World War I?
25. What problems did African-Americans face in the war?
26. What role did women serve in the military during World War I?
27. How many women served in the Navy during World War I, and what duties did they perform?
28. What position did the Army take on enlisting women?
29. What was the Army Nursing Corps?
30. How many nurses served in the Army Nursing Corps during the war?