WWI - The War at Home

What were some things accomplished by the following wartime agencies and laws?

1. War Industries Board- It encouraged companies to use mass production techniques in order to increase efficiency.
2. Railroad Administration- controlled the Railroads
3. Fuel Administration- Monitored coal supplies and rationed gasoline and heating oil and also introduced Day Lights Savings.
4. National War Labor Board- The people that told the workers that if they refused to obey board decisions would lose they're draft exemptions.
5. Food Administration- To help produce and conserve food.
6. Committee on Public Information- To popularize the war.
7. Espionage and Sedition Acts- Said that a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years of jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.

Briefly explain why Bernard M. Baruch and George Creel are significant historical figures.
Bernard M. Baruch- The establisher of the War Industries Board. Who is also a prosperous business man.
George Creel- He persuaded artists and advertising agencies to create thousands of paintings, posters, cartoons, and sculptures promoting the war.