1. Do Now:
In your text, develop at list of AT LEAST three factors, that despite Wilson’s contention that “He Kept Us Out Of War,” in fact drew us into WWI.

2. Today’s Objectives:
By defining mobilization, students will be able to explain how the United States managed to:
Raised an army
Financed the war
Managed Public Opinion
Produced Industrial Materials
Enlisted the support of labor

3. Mobilization for World War I
American Studies
Mobilization for World War I

4. Mobilization:
Preparation for war by government, citizens and business enterprises.

5. Brainstorm a list of things needed to prepare for and conduct a war.
Raise an Army
Shape Public Opinion
Finance the War/Raise Funds
Convert Industry from Peacetime to Wartime Production.
Get Organized Labor on Board.

6. Theme
During a time of war, the government assumes extraordinary powers to meet the needs of the nation. What unusual powers did government assume in the following areas?

7. Does Government have the power to draft?
Yes: Article I Sec. 8
No: 13th Amendment Involuntary Servitude

8. How did we raise an army?

9. Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns

10. National Registration and Draft Lottery

11. Army Recruits in New York

12. How Did Our Government Shape Public Opinion?

13. Propaganda George Creel Committee on Public Information

15. How did the government finance the war?

16. Tax Increases & Government Loans in the form of war bonds and stamps.

17. Analysis: Which generation should pay for a war?
Which pays when we use taxes to finance war?
Which pays when we use loans?
Should all Americans be asked to sacrifice when the US goes to war?

18. Financing World War I
Loans %
TAXES 30%

19. How Did Government Enlist the Cooperation of Big Business?

20. Converting Wartime Industry
From This…
To this.

21. Winning Corporate Support
War Industries Board
Cooperative Committees
Awarding of Contracts
Allocation of Scarce Resources
Profits tripled

22. The Lever Act allowed Wilson to control farm prices and the distribution of food.
Wilson appointed the war industries board. The WIB could approve purchases, allocate raw materials and control production. Profits soared.

23. Analysis: Review the actions of government and business in terms of what we learned about market and command economic systems.

24. Command Mixed Market Mixed Command

25. How did government attempt to win the support of labor for the war?

26. Samuel Gompers Were there strikes during the war?
Should strikes be allowed?

27. Winning Labor’s Support
No-strike contracts
8 hour workday
Rift between AFL and socialists
Gompers of the AFL supported the war.

28. Building the Labor Partnership

29. What happened to free speech and civil liberties during the war?

30. Sedition Laws Eugene V. Debs Oliver W. Holmes Schenck v. U. S
Sedition Laws Eugene V. Debs Oliver W. Holmes Schenck v. U.S. Clear & Present Danger