1. The Home Front
Chapter 10 Section 2

2. How did industry change during the war?
Government took the more active role, identifying war goods to be produced and their price

3. Why did Hoover encourage food conservation?
So that more food would be available for the troops

4. Why did the government establish the Committee on Public Information?
To develop and maintain support for the war

5. How did some men evade the draft?
They refused to cooperate with the Selective Service process, or claimed to be conscientious objector

6. What happened to those men?
They were often court-martialed and imprisoned or treated badly

7. Why do you think NAWSA decided to support the war?
They thought that it would be considered more responsible and patriotic if they supported the soldiers, government, and America by dropping their peace initiatives

8. Why did some people fear that the Espionage Act would erode Americans’ civil liberties?
The Espionage Act restricted individual rights by limiting freedom of speech and press

9. Mobilization Ways in which the US mobilized for war Selective Service
WIB
CPI

10. Selective Service First draft June 5, 1917 9.6 million registered
By end of war 24 million registered, 2.8 million were drafted

11. WIB War Industries Board Headed by Bernard Baruch
Determined what products were being produced, when being made, and how much they would cost

12. CPI Committee on Public Information
Educated the public about the causes and nature of war

13. Opposition German and Irish Americans Conscientious Objectors
Discriminated against
Conscientious Objectors
Moral or religious believes kept them from war
Some women
NAWSA supported war

14. Social Changes New Jobs Women got the right to vote
For poor and women
Women got the right to vote
African Americans moved north for better jobs
Mexicans moved across borders to take farming and factory jobs