1. World War I --
America Enters the War

2. A Bloody Conflict
It was the first major war since the Industrial Revolution.
Technology made it a long, bloody fight
Trench Warfare

3. Life in the Trenches

4. New Weapons
U-BOATS
MACHINE GUNS
TANKS
POISON GAS
AIRCRAFT
ZEPPLINS

5. The U.S. Soldier Nicknamed the doughboy. Although inexperienced,
they were fresh and eager
to fight.
Their presence boosted
the morale of Allied forces.

6. America on the Homefront:
World War I --
America on the Homefront:
While War Wages in Europe – what was going on at home?

7. 1917 – Selective Service Act: The Drafting of soldiers
24,000,000 men registered for the draft by the end of 1918.
4,800,000 men served in WW1 (2,000,000 saw active combat).
400,000 African-Americans served in segregated units.

8. Council of National Defense
Fuel Administration –
Rationed fuel for war effort
War Industries Board – Bernard Baruch
ran production of arms & supplies
Food Administration – Herbert Hoover
Controlled food production and rationing
National War Labor Board –
Worked to ensure workers’ wages & safety

9. U. S. Food Administration
U. S. Fuel Administration

10. Opportunities for African Americans
New
Social/Economic
Opportunities for African Americans

11. Opportunities for African-Americans in WW1
“Great Migration.” – 1919  70, move from South to North
To work in War industries
Enlistment in segregated units.

12. True Sons of Freedom

13. For “Colored” Men in Service

14. African-Americans on a Troop Ship Headed for France

15. Attacks on
Civil Liberties

16. Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
A. Espionage Act – Outlawed actions that were against the government or considered spying Removal of anti-war materials from the mail fines of up to $10,000 and/or up to 20 years in prison.

17. Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
B. Sedition Act – 1918
- it was a crime to speak against purchase of war bonds or write anything bad about the US Govt., Constitution, or armed forces
- or to speak against the war effort

18. Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
C. Schenck v. US – in ordinary times the mailing of the leaflets would have been protected by the st Amendment BUT, every act of speech must be judged acc. to the circumstances in which it was spoken If an act of speech posed a clear and present danger during war, then Congress had the power to restrict the speech.

19. Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
D. “The Red Scare”:
1919 – Fear of the spread of Communism to the US
Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer Raids

20. “Red Scare” – Palmer Raids
Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920