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World War One B

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Sentenced to 10 years in jail for saying the rich had declared war while the poor had to fight the battles   Eugene V. Debs  
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Headed by Herbert Hoover; raised production while reducing civilian use through "Meatless Tuesdays, Wheatless Wednesdays, and Porkless Saturdays"   Food Administration  
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Composed of representatives of labor, management, and the public; established an 8 hour day for war workers with extra pay for overtime; recognized labor's right to form unions while workers were not allowed to disrupt war production   National War Labor Board  
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This group controlled American propaganda and strengthened popular support for the war   Creel Commission  
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Established in 1917 to mobilize the economy; allocated materials, told manufacturers what to produce, and sometimes fixed prices   War Industries Board  
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Attorney General who capitalized on the Red Scare to investigate radicals and arrest anarchists and socialists   A. Mitchell Palmer  
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Sentenced to death for presumably killing a shoe company paymaster; probably innocent and convicted for being anarchists and aliens   Sacco and Vanzetti  
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1918 legislation that outlawed interference with recruitment, obstruction of bond sales, or speaking out against the US and its involvement in WWI   Sedition Act  
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Instituted the draft   Selective Service Act  
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Headed the War Industries Board   Bernard Baruch  
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Leader of Great Britain during WWI   David Lloyd George  
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Governor of Boston who declared "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time," during a police strike   Calvin Coolidge  
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Imposed stiff penalties for anti-war activities and allowed the federal government to ban treasonous materials from the mail   Espionage Act  
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Leader of France during WWI   Georges Clemenceau  
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Movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of jobs in industry   Great Migration  
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Instituted a tax on corporations and wealthy individuals in order to finance the war   War Revenue Bills  
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leader of the "Reservationists;" he led the fight against the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles   Henry Cabot Lodge  
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