1. Americans on the Home Front Ch. 12 sec. 4
*America was unprepared for war…. ……everyone needed to do their share!
*How to pay for the war…..
--Govt. needs to raise $$ from the people
--Liberty Bonds---bonds sold to support the Allied cause---later redeemed for the original value, plus interest
*$20 billion was raised ! Enough to pay for ¼ of war costs and give $10 billion to Allies during & after the war.
*Boy/Girl Scouts, famous actors all sold bonds
*75 K men hired to give 4 minute speeches before movies, plays
*Buying bonds showed patriotism

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U.S. propaganda video

4. *Managing the Economy---
--Govt. called on industry to switch from making commercial goods to war goods.
--War Industries Board, War Trade Board, National War Labor Board----agencies all set up to help with the war effort
**Govt. managed food and fuel---managed how much food people bought
--made price controls---pricing determined by govt.
--Rationing---distribute goods to consumers in a fixed amount
--created daylight saving time---turning clocks ahead one hour in the summer….increased the # of hrs. available for work---also reduced the need for lights and reduced fuel

5. *Enforcing Loyalty---Govt. controlled news & information during the war.
--imposed censorship---nothing allowed to hurt war effort
*fear of spies everywhere---restrictions on immigration
--Germans—called Huns—old invasion barbarian group
--German stopped being taught in schools
--German music banned in concert halls
--German Shepherds called “police dogs”
--Hamburger became Salisbury steak
--attacks on Germ. Immigrants—some killed
*Repression of Civil Liberties---
--Sedition Act---any speech or action that encouraged rebellion was illegal.

6. --illegal to obstruct draft, sale of liberty bonds, talk negative about the U.S. government, the president, the army, navy, and Constitution!
*Vigilantes lynched & horse whipped others for “anti-American” things
*Good results for people after war---
--Afr. Am. & Mexican workers filled vacant jobs left by soldiers off fighting war
--Women---worked on farms, other jobs that were previously only open to men e.g. telegraph messengers, elevator operators, letter carriers
--400,000 women joined the industrial work force…first time, women were working toward equality.