The National War Labor Board __________.
a. oversaw production quotas
b. provided food and clothing to the unemployed
c. standardized wages and hours
d. was headed by Samuel Gompers
c. standardized wages and hours
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Among working-class Americans, native-born Protestants
A) competed with the Irish for the lower-ranking jobs. B) were generally displaced from skilled jobs by immigrants. C) filled most of the middle ranks of the occupational structure. D) held a larger share of the skilled jobs.
By July 1940, the countries of __________ had become puppet republics within the Soviet Union.
A. Estonia, Poland, and Hungary B. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania C. Lithuania, Finland, and Poland D. Finland, Romania, and Hungary
The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that a. he oversold Wilson's ideals and led Americans and the world to expect too much. b. relied too much on formal laws and police power to gain compliance with the war effort
c. the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign. d. the courts curbed many of Creel's and the committee's war propaganda efforts on constitutional grounds. e. the public was skeptical of government propaganda.
Of the roughly 186,000 blacks who enlisted in the Union army, how many came from slave states?
a. 162,000 b. 134,000 c. 84,000 d. 21,000