1. AMERICA DURING WWI OBJ: TO VIEW WILSON’S ACTIONS & IT’S IMPACT ON SOCIETY & THE ECONOMY
AMERICAN GUN FACTORY

2. I. CONVERSION TO WAR A. US ROLE SMALL, AID ONLY….. B. TRUTH!
GUNS & SHIPS
UK LOSING SHIPS DAILY
US HAD 40 SHIPS
BATTLESHIP↓
CARGO SHIP↑

3. C. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD 1. BERNARD BARUCH
MOBILIZATION OF SOCIETY & ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT GREW IN SIZE
GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMY

4. D. U.S. RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
RAILROADS IN CHAOS
DELIVERY S – L – O – W
NEW FREEDOM→ 33 RR’S
CONFUSION REIGNED
DECEMBER 1917 SIEZE RR’S
UNDER FED AUTHORITY UNTIL 1920
UNDER WM. McADOO, SEC TREAS & SON IN LAW

5. E. THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION
1. FOOD DEMAND SKY HIGH
2. HOOVER IN CHARGE
BELGIUM RELIEF
AVOID RATIONING
PROPAGANDA

6. 3. LEVER ACT – GOV’T CONTROLLED FOOD & FUEL
NO ALCOHOL TO BE PRODUCED FROM GRAIN
FOOD PROBLEM SOLVED

7. F. THE DRAFT NEED 1 MILLION 18-45 YEAR OLDS HUGH JOHNSON HEADED BOARD AVOIDED CIVIL WAR ISSUES

8. G. NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD 3/1918
a. UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED
b. WM. HOWARD TAFT IN CHARGE
REGULATED HOURS
NO STRIKES “WORK OR FIGHT”
c. INFLATION INCREASED, PRICES DOUBLED
WM. H. TAFT
SAM GOMPERS

9. II. PAYING FOR WAR LOANS, BONDS, TAXES
A. BONDS – 80% - 3.5% INTEREST RATE
1. $3B DAY 1
2. $23B TOTAL
B. TAXES
1. 67% HIGHEST
2. 25% INHERITANCE
3. CORPORATE EXCESS PROFITS TAX

10. III. MANAGING & CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE & THE PEOPLE
COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PROPAGANDA
GEORGE CREEL
POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, MOVIES

11. D. 14 POINTS JAN. 1918 MORAL LEADER
NO SECRET TREATIES
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
DISARMAMENT
END COLONIALISM
SELF DETERMINATION (AUSTRIA, POLAND, HUNGARY, SERBIA)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS**

12. IV. CIVIL LIBERTIES All is fair in love & war???
A. WILSON WORRIED ABOUT PROTESTS – CIVIL WAR MEMORIES
1. RUMORS OF SPYING & SABOTAGE
HYSTERIA, FEAR OF ALL THINGS GERMAN
NO GERMAN ANYTHING
B. ESPIONAGE ACT 1917
NO OBSTRUCTION OF RECRUITING
BANNED TREASONABLE MAIL
CAN’T INTERFERE WITH WAR EFFORT

13. C. SEDITION ACT – 1918
FEDERAL OFFENSE TO DEFAME U.S., IMAGES, CONSTITUTION, LAWS, ANYTHING REPRESENTING UNITED STATES

14. D. SUPREME COURT WEIGHED IN SCHENCK V. U.S.
1. “CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER” “CAN’T YELL FIRE…..”
2. PROGRESSIVES APPALLED – NO ONE LOSES 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
CHIEF JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.