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Regulatory bodies during WWI
Food Administration
Selling the War
100
What year was the WIB established?
1917.
100
Who did Wilson found the Food Administration under?
Herbert Hoover
100
How much money did the government raise for war effort?
$35.5 billion.
200
What did the WIB encourage companies to do?
Ton increase efficiency and eliminate unnecessary items.
200
What was the phrase Wilson used that people had to follow?
"Gospel of the clean plate."
200
How did the governement raise money for the war effort?
Through taxes and loans.
300
How much did retail prices go up?
They doubled.
300
What were created to conserve food, and how many times a week did this have to follow?
"Meatless" and "sweetless" nights. At least once a week.
300
What was the name of the propaganda agency that helped persuade people's thoughts on the war?
Committee on Public Information.
400
What were the three things the Railroad Administration controlled?
Gasoline, oil, and coal.
400
What did restaurants remove comletely?
Sugar bowls
400
Who was the head of the CPI?
George Creel.
500
How did people conserve energy?
They developed "gasless Sundays" and "lightless nights."
500
What did restaurants do with bread and why?
They served it only after people's first course meal so that they wouldn't waste the main meal.
500
What were three techniques that Creel used to influence the public for CPI?
Pamphlets, Posters, Books, and Boy scout troops.