1. The War at Home

2. Concern Over Patriotism Americans trying to eliminate internal enemies Resulted in attacks on immigrants

3. Economy Changed People’s Lives People moved to find jobs Women took “men’s” jobs The President now had control of the economy

4. War Industries Board Encouraged mass production to increase efficiency Eliminate waste Set product quotas Allocated raw materials Increased U.S. production by 20%

5. War Industries board Led by Bernard M. Baruch Changed women’s clothing-Took steel from women’s corsets(80,000 tons) No more leather shoes Shorter skirts

6. War Industries Board Encouraged conservation Gasless Sundays Lightless nights Daylight-savings time

7. War Economy Some wages increased May have risen by as much as 20% Some wages decreased May have lost 35% of earning power Union membership increased

8. War Economy 6,000 strikes broke out to protest high prices and low wages Wilson creates National War Labor Board to deal with labor disputes

9. War Economy “Work or Fight” NWLB pushed for 8 hour days safety inspections Pushed to observe ban on child labor

10. War Economy Food Administration- conserve Food Led by Herbert Hoover “meatless” and “sweetless” days

11. War Economy People planted “Victory Gardens” American food shipments to Allies tripled

12. Selling the War U.S. spent $33 billion on war Raised 1/3 of this amount through taxes Government sold bonds

13. Committee on Public Information Government’s 1 st propaganda agency Was to popularize war Led by George Creel- a muckraking journalist

17. Drive for Conformity Targeted immigrants Americans w/ German sounding names lost job Towns w/ German names changed names

18. Espionage and Sedition Acts Fined $10,000 and imprisoned for 20 yrs for interfering with draft Obstructing sale of liberty bonds Saying anything disloyal about war effort

19. Espionage and Sedition Acts Clear violation of 1 st Amendment Led to 6,000 arrests 1,500 convictions

20. African American Support W.E.B. Dubois Cooperation would cause leadership to listen to calls for racial justice

21. African American Opposition William Monroe Trotter- victims of racism should not support a racist government

22. The Great Migration Thousands of southern blacks moved to cities in the north

23. Why the Migration? 1. Escape racial discrimination in the South 2. Drought in the South ruined many cotton fields 3. Increased job opportunities 4. Rumors of prosperous northern African Americans

24. Women in the War Filled roles formerly held by men Driving cabs Delivery trucks Railroad workers Cooks Dockworkers Bricklayers Coal miners Ship building

25. Female Opposition Jane Adams founded Women’s Peace Party

26. Flu Epidemic Fall of 1918 25% of Americans became ill

27. Flu Epidemic Corpses lay unburied for days 500,000 Americans killed 40 million world wide Flu disappeared in 1919