1. World War One: Homefront and Battlefront

2. Selective Service Act
Authorized a draft of young men for military service
Men received a number, a lottery was held, numbers drawn were called up for duty
24 million registered
4 million drafted

3. War Industries Board Headed by Bernard Baruch
Regulated all industries engaged in the war effort
Decided what industries
Could make
Where the products would go
How much they would cost

4. Food Administration Headed by Herbert Hoover
Encouraged Americans to eat less of certain foods so that more food could be shipped to Europe for soldiers (patriotism)
Wheatless Mondays and Wednesdays
Meatless Tuesdays
Porkless Thursdays

6. Committee on Public Information
Headed by George Creel
Persuaded American perceptions of the war
Educated Americans on the causes and nature of the war…getting them to think it was a just cause
Education through speeches, pamphlets, posters (propaganda that showed the wickedness of the Central Powers)

7. Women and the War
Filled the jobs of men while they went to fight the war, proving themselves
Also helped with food conservation and rationing
Helped get the 19th Amendment passed

8. Opposition to the War
Jeanette Rankin (1st Congresswoman) voted against war
Conscientious objectors: people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars
Pacifists or Quakers
Were to be exempt from the Selective Service Act but this was not always followed
These people were seen as unpatriotic
“Keeping the world safe for democracy” turned the war into a just cause, a quote by President Wilson

9. Espionage and Sedition Acts
Espionage: made it unlawful to print anything negative about the government
Upheld in Schenck vs. US in which the court ruled that there are times when free speech can be limited..wartime was one
Sedition: made it unlawful to speak badly about the American government
Eugene Debs was imprisoned for this

10. Russian/Bolshevik Revolution
Vladimir Lenin staged a successful revolution in Russia to set up a communist government
Lenin pulled out Russian troops and Russia signed a peace treaty with Germany
Created an unstable Europe because of the communists government
Now Germany was fighting a one front war with France, all resources are on France

11. American Expeditionary Force
All the troops sent to Europe during WWI fighting alongside Allied forces
Under the command of General John J. Pershing
Doughboys were infantry (on foot)soldiers

12. How to Avoid U-Boat Attacks
German u-boats were attacking merchant ships…Allies were losing crucial supplies
Allies adopt the convoy tactic in which merchant ships sail together and are protected by warships…a huge success

13. The War Ends
When America enters and the convoy is used the defeat is in sight
November 11, 1918 Germany surrendered to the Allies and agreed to cease fire (armistice)
5 million Allies dead
8 million Centrals dead
6.5 million civilians dead
Now what will happen to the Central Powers?
What will be their punishment?