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12 Cards in this Set
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William Mcadoo
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secretary of the treasury and Wilson's son-in-law
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Food Administration
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encourged increased agricultural production & the conservation of existing food supplies
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Herbert Hoover
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a mining engineer who headed the Food Administration
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War Industries Board
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allocated scarce goods, established production priorities & set prices on goods
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Bernard Baruch
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a Wall Street investor who directed the War Industries Board
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National War Labor Board
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created to settle disputes between workers and employers
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
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headed the Food Adminstration Speakers Bureau
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Juliette Gordon Low
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founded the Girl Guides
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Great Migration
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mass migration of African Americans to the Northern US after WWII
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Committee on Public Information
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agency created to increase public support for WWI
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Espionage Act
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Federal law that outlawed acts of treason
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Sedition Act
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Federal law that made written criticism of the government a crime
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