1. Chapter 9.2
The Home Front
Pgs. 328 – 333

2. Organizing the Economy
How do you make sure that enough materials are being made to win the war?
Wartime Agencies
Managing the Economy
The War Industries Board
Regulates Production of “stuff”
Food Administration
Victory gardens & Wheatless Mondays…
Paying for the War
Taxes and Liberty Bonds
Organizing the Economy

3. Cont. Mobilizing the Workforce National War Labor Board
Wages, hours, unions & collective bargaining
Women Support Industry
Women take over men’s jobs… temporarily
The Great Migration Begins
African Americans move north for jobs
Mexican Americans Head North
Mexicans flee unrest in Mexico
Come for jobs & opportunity in the US
Cont.

4. Cont Shaping Public Opinion
After 9/11, what was the attitude of the American people?
Selling the War
Committee on Public information
We need support… and money
Civil Liberties Curtailed
Espionage & Sedition Acts
People were nervous, they panicked
Did this violate the first amendment?
Does it matter?
Cont

5. Building the Military How do you get enough men to fight a war?
Volunteers and Conscripts
Military + National Guard = 300,000
Selective Service
Created a draft, men 21-30, 2.8 Million
Local board approved draftees
Volunteers for War
2 Million- glory, duty, excitement
African Americans in the War
Thousands serves, some in combat
Only foreign countries used them in combat
Building the Military

6. Cont. Women Join the Military Directly served in the Navy
Hired by the Army
Thousands serve their country
Mostly in clerical & nursing jobs
Cont.