USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Hoover was to the Food Administration as ____ was to the War Industries Board. Which best completes the analogy?

(A) Harold Garfield

(B) ** Bernard Baruch

(C) Woodrow Wilson

(D) Robert La Follette

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The purpose of the War Industries Board was to organize industry to increase efficiency and maximize production.

Concept note-2: -which Step was taken by Herbert Hoover as head of the US Food Administration during World War 1? Persuading Americans to eat less wheat and meat.

Concept note-3: -United States Food Administration In August 1917, the federal Food Administration began taking measures designed to conserve food for the war effort. Americans were asked to reduce their consumption of wheat, meat, sugar, and fats in particular.

Concept note-4: -Before serving as America’s 31st President from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide gratitude as “The Great Humanitarian” who fed war-torn Europe during and after World War I.