The World War I Era On The Home Front Financing The War: Liberty Bonds  U.S. economy not prepared for a war  Government issued bonds  Redeemed in.

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The World War I Era On The Home Front

Financing The War: Liberty Bonds  U.S. economy not prepared for a war  Government issued bonds  Redeemed in the future for face value plus interest  Bonds Advertisements raised $20 billion  Boy & Girl scouts  Artists drew posters  Actors &actresses - public service announcements

Managing The Economy: New Agencies/Boards  War Industries Board  Over-saw all war-related production  Distributed raw materials, directed manufacturing & set prices  War Trade Board  Licensed foreign trade & punished firms for dealing with the enemy  National Labor Board  Settled labor disputes  War Labor Policies Board  Set standard wages, hours & working conditions

Regulation of Food & Fuel  Lever Food & Fuel Control Act  Gov’t regulated production & consumption of food & fuel  Food Administration worked to increase agricultural output & establish price controls  Rationing was implemented  Instituted gasless days  Created daylight savings

Enforcing Loyalty  Censorship  Censorship of the press & banned certain publications  Committee of Public Information created in order to rally war support  Fear of foreigners & terrorism led to restrictions on immigration  General hostility towards Germans:  German composers and musicians banned from playing  Hamburger renamed the Liberty Sandwich  Some Germans were assaulted and lynched

Repressing Civil Liberties Espionage Act Illegal to interfere with the draft Sedition Act – 1918 Illegal to obstruct the sale of Liberty Bonds Illegal to say anything disloyal, profane or abusive about gov’t, constitution & military

Social Change in the U.S  Restrictions on immigration & the draft depleted the labor pool  500K Af.Amer. moved from southern states to northern factories  Opportunities for women  400K women joined the workforce  Prohibition was passed in 1917  Outlawed the manufacturing, sale, transportation & consumption of alcohol in the United States  Alcohol required wheat and grain, which was needed to support the war effort.

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Home Front Enforcing Loyalty  The Gov’t censored the press & banned certain publications  Restrictions on immigration  Espionage Act(1917) - illegal to interfere with the draft  Sedition Act(1918) - illegal to discuss anything disloyal, profane or abusive about the government, constitution & the military Financing the War  Gov’t issued bonds to support the war effort  Bonds purchased could be redeemed in the future for face value plus interest Managing the Economy  The private sector converted to war production  New Agencies: War Industries Board War Trade Board National Labor Board War Labor Policies Board  Rationing was implemented, Instituted gasless days Changing People’s Lives  About 400K women joined the workforce  500K Af. Americans moved from southern states to northern factories  Prohibition was passed in 1917

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