War on the Home FrontSWBAT: EXPLAIN THE AFFECTS WWI ON THE GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY, WOMEN, AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

HOMEWORK:

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Effect on Gov’t• Private industries couldn’t handle the shift from making products for

consumer use to war use.

• As a result, the gov’t stepped in and created the War Industries Board.• Encouraged mass-production techniques.

• Emphasized efficiency.

• Eliminate waste by standardizing products.

• Production across the board increased 20%

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1920

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Average Annual Income 1914-1920

Effect on Economy

What affect would almost doubling the average yearly income have on the US economy?

WWI and African Americans

Think back…• At the beginning of the chapter, we read Wilson’s Declaration of War.

What does he clam is the main cause of fighting the war?

• What ideals go along with this?

• What affect might this have on African American support for the war?

Should they or shouldn’t they?

Why they should support the war:

Some believed that supporting the war would strengthen class for racial justice.

Why they should not support the war:

Some believed that victims of racism should not support a racist gov’t.

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Another effect- the Great Migration• The large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of sounthern

blacks to northern cities.

• Why??

1. Wanted to escape racial discrimination of the South.

2. Drought and bugs destroyed farms so many were looking for work.

3. Less European immigration meant more work for blacks.

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Jacob Lawrence“The Migration of the Negro”1940

Women in the War

Women