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War Industries Board | Led by Bernard Baruch -Purpose to increase efficiency and eliminate waste in manufacturing |
War Labor Board | Settles disputes between management and labor: Work or Fight |
The Food Administration | Instead of rationing, citizens have "meatless", "sweetless" "wheatless" & "porkless" days to conserve food |
Committee on Public Information | Propaganda agency led by George Creel to influence citizens with posters, ads, media and cartoons |
The Great Migration | Blacks move from South to North for freedom & jobs |
Flu Epidemic | killed half million in US, 30 million worldwide |
Women's contribution | filled jobs traditionally held by men |
Espionage Act of 1918 | Shut down free speech with fines and jail time for protesters against the war |
Anti-immigrant hysteria | Many Americans with German names lost their jobs |