The War at Home Section 19*3 pp

Preview Questions How did business and government cooperate during the war? What methods did the government use to promote the war? What attacks on civil liberties increased during World War I? What social changes affected women and African Americans?

Congress Gives Power to Wilson War Industries Board –Increase efficiency –Production, profit, prices soar

Congress Gives Power to Wilson War Economy –Inflation –Record stock profits –National War Labor Board

Congress Gives Power to Wilson Food Administration –Conservation –Victory gardens –High prices for grain

Selling the War Financing the War –War Bonds –New taxes Committee on Public Information –Propaganda –Patriotism and discrimination

Attacks on Civil Liberties Espionage and Sedition Acts –Fines or jail for interfering with war efforts –Targets socialists and labor leaders

War Encourages Social Change African-Americans –Split opinions –Du Bois: Supporting war will increase calls for justice

Great Migration –African-Americans flood the North looking for jobs and an escape from Jim Crow –Incites riots Women –Won support for 19 th Amendment War Encourages Social Change