1. We Enter WWI Selective Service
Young men between must register with the local draft board
Now 18-45
½ of the men who served in the war were drafted
Many men gain citizenship by fighting

2. Mobilization Training camps hastily built Conservation of resources
Herbert Hoover heads up Food Administration:
Wheatless Wednesdays-Meatless Mondays
By 1917 the first troops leave for France
Convoy system to avoid German U-boats

3. America’s Industrial Greatness
War Industries Board
Works to keep production at peek output
National War Labor Board:
Mediates disputes between labor and management
Unions grow during this period
The Work Force Grows during this period

4. Women and African Americans Enter the Workforce
Many women enter the workforce to fill vacancies left by men leaving for war
The Great Migration Begins:
Movement of African Americans from the South to the North to find work in Northern factories. These workers filled many jobs left vacant by troops leaving for the war.