world war i american home front
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WORLD WAR I AMERICAN HOME
FRONT
Propaganda on the Home FrontSort each of the posters into 4-5 categories based on similarities (audience, purpose, outcome, etc.)
WORLD WAR I AMERICAN HOME
FRONT
War Industries Board (1917) Lots of power—gave out raw material, told
what and how much to produce, and set prices
War Trade Board punished companies suspected of dealing with the enemy
Samuel Gompers promised limited war industry labor problems
New Agencies
Financing the War Liberty Bonds—special
war bonds Raised $20 billion Boy & Girl Scouts
Committee on Public Information Famous actors led
rallies Speeches before events
Regulating Food & Fuel Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
(1917)—gave president power to manage food and fuel Rations Gasless Days Daylight Saving Time
Understanding CheckRate 1-4
Enforcing Loyalty Info controlled by
gov’t (censorship) Banned movies Films and pamphlets
explained war aims Example slogans: “Buy
Bonds till it hurts” and “The soldier gives-you must lend”
Fear the Foreigners
Fear of German secret agents
Limits on immigration
Nativism
Hun = nickname based on people who had brutally invaded Europe
H.S. stopped teaching German Changed language
German measles liberty measles German shepherds police dogs Frankfurters hot dogs Sauerkraut liberty cabbage
Lynching of German-born citizens
“Hate the Hun”
Repression of Liberties Espionage Act (1917) -
illegal to interfere with the draft
Sedition Act (1918) - illegal to obstruct sale of bonds or to discuss anything disloyal or profane about American gov’t Won over 1,000 convictions Eugene Debs got a 10-year jail
sentence
Changing Lives African
Americans The Great
Migration: moved north for jobs in manufacturing
Women Joined the labor
force
Home Front EffortsCreate propaganda posters to represent the efforts made for the war back in America.
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