1. The Home Front
Chapter 20, Section 4

2. Financing the War Made about 20 billion selling Liberty Bonds
Scouts sold them and actors/celebrities campaigned for them

3. Managing the Economy Industry converted to war production
War Industries Board oversaw the transition and regulated production and fixed prices
Union action put on hold for the good of the country

4. Regulating Food and Fuel
Herbert Hoover led the Food Administration
Fixed prices and enforced rationing
This is when Daylight Savings Time is begun as well---additional hour to farm

5. Enforcing Loyalty
Government began censoring the press and publications
Committee on Public Information was formed to rally support(propaganda)

6. “Hate the Hun” Germans called Huns- after a barbaric Asiatic tribe
100% Americanism was being preached
Pg. 580, last sentence of the second paragraph…..look familiar???

7. Repression on Civil Liberties
Sedition Act made it illegal to interfere with selling of liberty bonds
Over 1,000 convictions on this act were won
The war for “liberty and democracy” was a little hypocritical

8. Prohibition Passes
Temperance movement had been around for nearly a century
Passes in 1917 due to the need to save the grain used in alcoholic production