1. Americans on the Home Front

2. Key Terms Liberty Bond Price controls Rationing Daylight savings time
Sedition
Vigilante

3. Financing the War
Liberty Bonds were being sold to support the Allied cause
William Gibbs McAdoo raised more than $20 billion for the war effort
Boy and Girl Scouts set up booths on street corners and sold bonds

4. Managing the Economy
A War Industries Board oversaw the nation's war related productions
A War Trade Board licensed foreign trade and punished firms suspected of dealing with the enemy
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
Gave the President the power to manage the production and distribution of foods and fuels vital to the war effort
Began to manage how much food people bought

5. Managing the Economy
Rationing was used to limit the goods that were being used
Women played a key role in Hoover’s program
Created the Fuel Administration to limit gas
Daylight Saving Time
Increased the number of daylight hours available for work

6. Enforcing Loyalty
The government imposed censorship on the press and banned some publications from the mails
The fear of espionage was widespread
The National Security League
Established a literacy test for immigrants
The war also spurred a general hostility toward Germans
In 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act
Illegal to obstruct the sale of Liberty Bonds

7. Enforcing Loyalty
The Sedition Act violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech
Eugene V. Debs was jailed for criticizing the American government
Industrial Workers of the World was established

8. Changing People’s Lives
Military drill became part of many school programs.
The war virtually stopped the flow of immigrants from Europe
Businesses suddenly needed workers
Women had new opportunities to work

9. Questions to Consider
What benefits did daylight savings time provide to the people during this time?
What is the Espionage Act? What is the Sedition Act?