The Home Front Chapter 20, Section 4
Financing the War Made about 20 billion selling Liberty Bonds Scouts sold them and actors/celebrities campaigned for them
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
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
Enforcing Loyalty Government began censoring the press and publications Committee on Public Information was formed to rally support(propaganda)
“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???
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
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