world war i american home front

WORLD WAR I AMERICAN HOME

FRONT

Propaganda on the Home FrontSort each of the posters into 4-5 categories based on similarities (audience, purpose, outcome, etc.)

WORLD WAR I AMERICAN HOME

FRONT

War Industries Board (1917) Lots of power—gave out raw material, told

what and how much to produce, and set prices

War Trade Board punished companies suspected of dealing with the enemy

Samuel Gompers promised limited war industry labor problems

New Agencies

Financing the War Liberty Bonds—special

war bonds Raised $20 billion Boy & Girl Scouts

Committee on Public Information Famous actors led

rallies Speeches before events

Regulating Food & Fuel Lever Food and Fuel Control Act

(1917)—gave president power to manage food and fuel Rations Gasless Days Daylight Saving Time

Understanding CheckRate 1-4

Enforcing Loyalty Info controlled by

gov’t (censorship) Banned movies Films and pamphlets

explained war aims Example slogans: “Buy

Bonds till it hurts” and “The soldier gives-you must lend”

Fear the Foreigners

Fear of German secret agents

Limits on immigration

Nativism

Hun = nickname based on people who had brutally invaded Europe

H.S. stopped teaching German Changed language

German measles liberty measles German shepherds police dogs Frankfurters hot dogs Sauerkraut liberty cabbage

Lynching of German-born citizens

“Hate the Hun”

Repression of Liberties Espionage Act (1917) -

illegal to interfere with the draft

Sedition Act (1918) - illegal to obstruct sale of bonds or to discuss anything disloyal or profane about American gov’t Won over 1,000 convictions Eugene Debs got a 10-year jail

sentence

Changing Lives African

Americans The Great

Migration: moved north for jobs in manufacturing

Women Joined the labor

force

Home Front EffortsCreate propaganda posters to represent the efforts made for the war back in America.