AMERICA DURING WWI OBJ: TO VIEW WILSON’S ACTIONS & IT’S IMPACT ON SOCIETY & THE ECONOMY AMERICAN GUN FACTORY.

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AMERICA DURING WWI OBJ: TO VIEW WILSON’S ACTIONS & IT’S IMPACT ON SOCIETY & THE ECONOMY AMERICAN GUN FACTORY

I. CONVERSION TO WAR A. US ROLE SMALL, AID ONLY….. B. TRUTH! GUNS & SHIPS UK LOSING SHIPS DAILY US HAD 40 SHIPS BATTLESHIP↓ CARGO SHIP↑

C. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD 1. BERNARD BARUCH MOBILIZATION OF SOCIETY & ECONOMY GOVERNMENT GREW IN SIZE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMY

D. U.S. RAILROAD ASSOCIATION RAILROADS IN CHAOS DELIVERY S – L – O – W NEW FREEDOM→ 33 RR’S CONFUSION REIGNED DECEMBER 1917 SIEZE RR’S UNDER FED AUTHORITY UNTIL 1920 UNDER WM. McADOO, SEC TREAS & SON IN LAW

E. THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION 1. FOOD DEMAND SKY HIGH 2. HOOVER IN CHARGE BELGIUM RELIEF AVOID RATIONING PROPAGANDA

3. LEVER ACT – GOV’T CONTROLLED FOOD & FUEL NO ALCOHOL TO BE PRODUCED FROM GRAIN FOOD PROBLEM SOLVED

F. THE DRAFT NEED 1 MILLION 18-45 YEAR OLDS HUGH JOHNSON HEADED BOARD AVOIDED CIVIL WAR ISSUES

G. NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD 3/1918 a. UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED b. WM. HOWARD TAFT IN CHARGE REGULATED HOURS NO STRIKES “WORK OR FIGHT” c. INFLATION INCREASED, PRICES DOUBLED WM. H. TAFT SAM GOMPERS

II. PAYING FOR WAR LOANS, BONDS, TAXES A. BONDS – 80% - 3.5% INTEREST RATE 1. $3B DAY 1 2. $23B TOTAL B. TAXES 1. 67% HIGHEST 2. 25% INHERITANCE 3. CORPORATE EXCESS PROFITS TAX

III. MANAGING & CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE & THE PEOPLE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PROPAGANDA GEORGE CREEL POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, MOVIES

D. 14 POINTS JAN. 1918 MORAL LEADER NO SECRET TREATIES FREEDOM OF THE SEAS DISARMAMENT END COLONIALISM SELF DETERMINATION (AUSTRIA, POLAND, HUNGARY, SERBIA) LEAGUE OF NATIONS**

IV. CIVIL LIBERTIES All is fair in love & war??? A. WILSON WORRIED ABOUT PROTESTS – CIVIL WAR MEMORIES 1. RUMORS OF SPYING & SABOTAGE HYSTERIA, FEAR OF ALL THINGS GERMAN NO GERMAN ANYTHING B. ESPIONAGE ACT 1917 NO OBSTRUCTION OF RECRUITING BANNED TREASONABLE MAIL CAN’T INTERFERE WITH WAR EFFORT

C. SEDITION ACT – 1918 FEDERAL OFFENSE TO DEFAME U.S., IMAGES, CONSTITUTION, LAWS, ANYTHING REPRESENTING UNITED STATES

D. SUPREME COURT WEIGHED IN SCHENCK V. U.S. 1. “CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER” “CAN’T YELL FIRE…..” 2. PROGRESSIVES APPALLED – NO ONE LOSES 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS CHIEF JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.