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congress passed the Esponage act which stated that a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 yrs. in jail for interfearing with the draft obstructing the sale of govt. bonds or saying anything profane about the govt.
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the war industries board was established in 1918 it was recognized by Bernard M. Baruch
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under the WIB industrial production in the us increased by about 20% yet they applied price controll at wholesale level. as a result in 1918 they were almost doubled what they had been before.
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the fuel administration introduced day-light savings time which had first been introduced by Ben Franklin
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president wilson est. the national war labor union to deal with desputes between management and labor
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after peresident wilson sent 7,000 troops to russia leaflets condeming the action hit the streets of manhattan
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abrams,lachowsky,lipman,and steimer were deported to russia
