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How can people support a war effort?

The War Industries Board was responsible for

1. recruiting men for the military
2. producing materials and weapons
3. encouraging women to vote
4. helping immigrants in cities

Victory loans and war bonds allowed Americans to donate:

1. money
2. food
3. clothing
4. weapons

American grew their own food during the war using:

1. neighborhood rooftops
2. public streets
3. boat docks
4. victory gardens

True or False:
The National Labor War Board helped keep people at work during the war

1. True
2. False

What was the goal of the Committee on Public Information?

1. To publish anti-war material
2. To collect materials for the war
3. To "sell" the war to the American public
4. To move African Americans to the North

Which poster did you like the best?

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2

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4

5

What similarities do you see between the Spanish Flu and COVID-19?

Why would African Americans move North?

Do you think the government should punish people who are against a war?

Yes

No

I am unsure

What did the Selective Service Act do?

1. Drafted men for the military
2. Allowed women to vote
3. Gave voting rights to African Americans
4. Stopped Chinese immigrants from working

What disease spread around the world between 1918 and 1919?

1. The Spanish Flu
2. AIDS
3. Covid-19
4. Tuberculosis

Who were "The Harlem Hellfighters"?

1. A famous basketball team
2. A jazz group during WWI
3. A tough group of African American soldiers in WWI
4. Progressives who opposed civil rights

How did women support the war effort during WWI?

1. Served in the military
2. Volunteered as nurses
3. Worked in factories
4. All of these here

What was Charles Schenck arrested for?

1. Distributing anti-war pamphlets
2. Protesting for women's right to vote
3. Being a Socialist
4. Trying to assassinate President Wilson