1. AIM: World War I
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2. America on the Homefront
World War I --
America on the Homefront

3. Questions (Copy and Answer):
1. Why did war break out in Europe in 1914? 2. Summarize the reason President Wilson did not enter the war in 1914? 3. Why did the US enter the war in 1917?

4. I. War
Mobilization

5. A. Enlistment War Mobilization Enlistment
Selective Service Act = the draft

6. 1. Selective Service Act
The Most Famous Recruitment Poster

7. B. Expansion of the Federal Government
Expansion of the Federal Government = government asked Americans to help out with the war effort
Victory Gardens = Americans were encouraged to grow their own food so that the food farmers grew could be given to the soldiers overseas for the war effort
Rationing = People were encouraged to do without for the war effort. Wheatless Wednesday and Meatless Monday are example of this
Results of this New Organization of the Economy?
Trade increases
Expansion of “big government” = government grows and become involved in the citizens lives more
Excessive government regulations in the economy = government is setting prices and wages during the war
Business and agriculture increase
Federal government makes loans to allies

8. U. S. Food Administration
1. Victory Gardens
U. S. Food Administration

9. 2. Rationing

10. 3. Results of This New Organization of the Economy?
Trade increases
b. Excessive Govt. regulations in economy
c. Business and agriculture increase

11. II. New
Social/Economic
Opportunities

12. A. Women

13. 1. Munitions Work
Munitions Work = women entered into the factories to help with the building of weapons

14. 2. The Red Cross - Greatest Mother in the World
Women = men also took over men’s jobs and were encouraged to buy liberty bonds in the name of the war effort. Many women also entered the red cross and were sent overseas at nurses to help with the wounded soldiers

15. 3. Suffrage
Women working helped them get the right to vote

16. B. African-Americans

17. 1. Opportunities for African-Americans in WWI
“Great Migration.” – 1919  70,000
War industries work.
Enlistment in segregated units.
African Americans
Opportunities for Africans Americans in WWI
Great Migration 1916 – ,000 African Americans move north from the south looking for jobs, freedom (from jim crow laws) and opportunities
War industries work = many helped build weapons for the war effort
Enlistment in segregated units = African Americans served in the armed forces but in segregated units

18. III. Wartime
Propaganda

19. 1. War Industries Board (WIB)
Government controlled factories that produced important war materials, such as steel, rubber, and oil. The board also controlled factories that produced weapons, ammunitions, and uniforms.

20. 2. Committee on Public Information (CPI)
To popularize the war, the government set up the nation’s first propaganda agency, the CPI. Propaganda is a type of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions. The cpi encouraged patriotism and loyalty to the US through posters, pamphlets and speeches.

21. Paying for the war Wartime Propaganda
Committee of Public Information = “sold” America on the war
Taxes increased as did the sale of war bonds.