1. Homefront & Mobilization
World War 1
Homefront & Mobilization

2. 1. Labor and Industry What - War Industries Board
Why - Set production priorities & control over raw materials & prices
How - Told business what could and couldn't produce, controlled creation of new factories
Who - Bernard Baruch

4. 1. Labor and Industry What - Food Administration
Why - Increase food produce and reduce consumption
How - Victory Garden, wheatless Monday, Meatless Friday
Who - Herbert Hoover

6. 2. Finance What - Liberty Bonds & Victory Gardens
Why - Need to raise and save money to cover war expense
How - Borrow money by selling bonds that are repaid with interest, sold to the American people as acts of Patriotism
In 2yrs raise 33 million

8. 1. Labor and Industry What - National War Labor Board
Why - Need to keep all factories running, prevent the disputes that cause strikes
How - Arbitartion between workers and union
get workers 8 hr days, wages increase. Workers happy = less likely to strike
Who - William H. Taft

10. 3. Public Opinion What - Committee of Public Information
Why - Need to generate public support for war, get everyone to buy in the programs
How - Use propaganda, 4 minute speeches
Who - George Creel

13. 4. Civil Liberties What - Espionage and Sedition
Why - Targets anti-war sentiments at home
How – series of laws
Espionage = jail to anyone that aids enemy
Sedition = Prohibit anti-war/un-American comments
Schenck V US = Free speech limited when represented “clear & present danger”

15. 5. Armed Forces
The Selective Service = The DRAFT = forced military service. Conscription.
Selective Service Act 1917
males, had to register for the military.
WWI = 2.8 million drafted, 2 million volunteered

16. 6. Effects on Society
Demand for workers, gave minority groups new opportunity:
1. Women (non-combat supporting role)
2. African Americans (factory/fighting)
– Great Migration = Af. Ams moved from the South to the North b/c of jobs.
3. Mexican Immigrants = came in to help with farming (especially in Cali)