What were the consequences and long-term effects of the Committee of Public Information, the Food Administration, and the War Industries Board?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The Committee of Public Information produced propaganda favoring the U.S. side and thus increased public support for the war.
2. However, the CPI also had the long-range effect of muddying the war's true cause and setting the stage for American involvement in World War II
3. The Food Administration provided a stable food supply by increasing agricultural production, and supervised food distribution and farm labor.
4. The long-term effects of the Food Administration included keeping food prices high, which helped to make the economic decline from 1919 to 1932 worse.
5. The War Industries Board Reorganized industry to maximize wartime production.
6. Long-term, the War Industries Board benefited the unions for a time and convinced some industrialists of the need for long-term government planning.
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