1. 9:2 The Home Front ● War Industries Board ● Coordinate production of war material ● Victory Gardens ● Grow own vegetables ● More food for troops overseas

2. 9:2 ● Liberty and Victory Bonds ● Taxes did not cover cost of war ● Bonds made up the difference

3. 9:2 ● National War Labor Board ● Prevent strikes from disrupting war effort – Pressured industry into 8-hour workdays – Unions agreed not to strike

4. 9:2 Women ● 1 million joined the workforce ● 8 million switched to higher-paying industrial jobs

5. 9:2 ● “The Great Migration” ● African-Americans move north – Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, New York ● Many gained the right to vote

6. 9:2 Shaping Public Opinion ● Committee on Public Information ● “sell” the war to the American people ● Advertising execs, authors, artists ● “four-minute speeches” in movie theaters – Short, patriotic talks

7. 9:2 ● Civil Liberties curtailed ● Espionage Act of 1917 – Illegal to aid the enemy –...give false reports –...interfere with war effort ● The Sedition Act of 1918 – Illegal to speak against the war publicly

8. 9:2 ● Building up the Army ● Selective Service – Men between 21 and 30 must register – Lottery picked who was drafted ● 2,800,000 ● Volunteers – 2,000,000

9. 9:2 ● African-Americans ● 400,000 – 42,000 served in combat overseas ● Women ● First war women served in military – Non-combat roles