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WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS

WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD

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WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS

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  1. 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

  2. WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS • RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION • CONTROLLED THE NATION’S RAILROADS

  3. 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

  4. WHAT WERE SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS • NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD • RESOLVED LABOR DISPUTES; PUSHED FOR IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF AMERICANS • IMMIGRANTS • MANY LOST THEIR JOBS; SOME WERE ATTACKED OR KILLED

  9. 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

  10. 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

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