1. The Home Front During WWI
How were the economy and workers mobilized for war?
How did the government maintain support for the war?

2. Financing the War War Revenue Act of 1917 passed to increase taxes
Gov’t borrows $ from citizens in the form of Liberty Bonds

3. War Industries Board (WIB)
Authority to regulate all materials needed in the war effort.
Determined which factories would convert to war production.
Set prices.

4. Regulating Food and Fuel
Food Administration created to manage food production
Goal was to increase production and conserve food
Provided incentives for farmers
Encouraged Americans to grow victory gardens
Limited alcohol content

5. Labor in WWI National War Labor Board created
arbiter between labor/business to prevent strikes
Granted concessions to workers (8hr day, equal pay for women) in return for promise not to strike during war

6. Labor in WWI Cont.
When men left their jobs to go to the front others came to fill their places
Northern factories recruited Af-Am labor from South  Great Migration
Women: new job opportunities for duration of war

8. Influencing Public Opinion
Committee on Public Information Created
Celebrities utilized
Patriotic posters and pamphlets
Elimination of German influence on American culture

9. Squashing Dissent Espionage Act Sedition Act
Punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty
Sedition Act
Criminalized speaking out against the war, government, military, flag
Harsh penalties for “obstructing war effort”
Schenck v. United States: limits free speech during war

10. Talk to your neighbor:
How did the government mobilize the economy and workers for war?
How did the government maintain support for the war?