WAR AT HOME President Wilson was granted control over much of the economy WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD (WIB) (1917/18) – Bernard Baruch –Mass production (assembly line) –Retail prices increased
WAR AT HOME CONT.. FUEL ADMINSTRATION: DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME ESTABLISHED FOOD ADMINISTRATION: –Hebert Hoover –Help produce and conserve food –pictures
FINANCING THE WAR Progressive income tax War profits tax Higher excise tax “liberty loans” “Victory loans”
PROPAGANDA COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION (cpi) Leader: George Creel “Four minute men” posters
ATTACKS ON GERMAN CITIZENS Schools stopped teaching German Libraries removed books by German authors Changing names of German related things:
ESPIONAGE & SEDITION ACTS (1917/18) People could be fined up to $10,000 or sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or saying anything disloyal about the government or war efforts
THE GREAT MIGRATION Large scale movement of southern African Americans to cities in the north. Reasons:
WOMEN FOR THE WAR EFFORT TYPES OF JOBS WOMEN TOOK DURING THE WAR.
FLU EPIDEMIC: 1918 Affected about ¼ of Americans killed about 500,000 Americans