Chapter 19 “The World War I Era” Section 4 “Americans on the Home Front”

Vocabulary Liberty Bond Price controls Rationing Daylight savings time Sedition Vigilante

Financing the War Liberty Bonds (a way to support war effort) Managing the Economy New agencies (Ex: War Industries Board-Controlled raw materials, manufacturing, and even fixed prices Regulate Food & Fuel (price controls & rationing) Daylight Savings Time

Enforcing Loyalty Fearful of foreigners Anti-German Sentiment Repression of Civil Liberties (Espionage and Sedition Acts) Controlling Political Radicals (Socialists argued that the war was merely a fight among imperialist capitalist)

Social Mobility Stopped flow of immigration Opportunities for minorities (high paying jobs needed to be filled) The Great Migration (African Americans left South for Northern cities) Women joined workforce

1. What steps did the government take to finance the war and manage the economy 2. How did the Government enforce loyalty to the war effort? 3. How did the war change the lives Americans on the home front? 4. What was the role of price controls and rationing on the home front? 5. What was the primary purpose in selling Liberty Bonds? What else did the government’s efforts to sell bonds accomplish?

Review Prepare your Response Cards

1. The social changes that occurred in the United States as a result of the war included all EXCEPT A) new opportunities for women in the workforce. B) a reduction in the flow of immigrants from Europe. C) the recruitment of minorities by factory owners. D) a rejection of the Great Migration by African Americans in the South.

D) a rejection of the Great Migration by African Americans in the South.

2. During the war, the United States government passed laws to A) prohibit all immigration. B) Promote freedom of the press C) silence opposition to the American war effort. D) protect people’s right to criticize the Constitution

C) silence opposition to the American war effort.

3. As a result of the Lever Food and Fuel Act of 1917, the Food Administration had the authority to do all EXCEPT A) increase farm output. B) ration the distribution of goods to consumers C) impose price controls on food. D) require grocery stores to operate only during certain hours

D) require grocery stores to operate only during certain hours

4. The War Industries Board had the power to do all EXCEPT A) punish firms suspected of dealing with the enemy. B) fix prices C) dole out raw materials. D) tell manufactures what and how much to produce

A) punish firms suspected of dealing with the enemy.

5. During World War I, the government's role in the American economy A) grew. B) was insignificant C) decreased. D) was felt only in military production

A) grew.

6. True/False News and information came under federal control during World War I.

True

7. True/False The government feared that secret agents might try to undermine the war effort by destroying transportation and communication networks so they created the National Security League.

True

8. True/False Anti-German sentiment was not a serious dimension during World War I.

False

9. True/False Congress passed the Espionage Act which make it illegal to interfere with the draft.

True

10. True/False The Sedition Act made it illegal to obstruct the sale of Liberty Bonds or to discuss anything “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive” about the American form of Government, the Constitution, or the army and the navy.

True

True/False American patriotism and war fever made military styles and activities unacceptable at home.

False