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The Home Front

The Home Front. Propaganda. Complete Propaganda Poster chart. The Home Front. Politics. War Industries Board (1918) War Labor Board (1918). War Economy . Food Administration Other methods. Harlem Hellfighters

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The Home Front

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  1. The Home Front Propaganda

  2. Complete Propaganda Poster chart

  3. The Home Front Politics

  4. War Industries Board (1918) • War Labor Board (1918) War Economy

  5. Food Administration • Other methods

  6. Harlem Hellfighters • “We fought gladly and to the last drop of blood…but today we return…[to] this country of ours…it lynches…encourages ignorance…steals from us…insults us” ~ DuBois • The Great Migration • Definition • Why did they migrate north? • Escape Jim Crow laws • Ruined farmland from droughts and disease • More job opportunities • Newspaper articles spoke of the prosperity of the African-Americans in the North African Americans in the War

  7. Attack on Civil Liberties

  8. Many anti-immigrant attacks were aimed at German and Austrian immigrants • German Americans were fired from their jobs • Orchestras refused to play Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven pieces • Schools stopped teaching German language and removed German authors from libraries • Lynching and flogging • Name changing • German Measles = liberty measles • Hamburger = liberty sandwich • Dachshunds = liberty pups 1. Extreme Franco-Phobia

  9. Person could be fined 10,000 or • Jailed for 20 years for saying anything against, disloyal, or interfering with the war effort. • Went after socialists & labor leaders (IWW) 2. Espionage and Sedition Acts, 1917

  10. Wilson Fights for Peace

  11. American Forces Arrive • Early 1917 • Convoy System • Safe way to transport goods • Cut Allied loses by 1/2 • Fresh Troops • Reinvigorated Allied troops after 3 years of fighting

  12. November 3-11, 1918 • Austria – Hungary surrenders to Allies • German soldiers munity • German socialist leaders establish new republic • 11th hour, 11th month, 11th day in 1918 • Germany signs armistice • WWI causalities Fall of Germany & Final Toll

  13. The Fourteen Points are Wilson’s plans for world peace • Points 1-5 • Establishing new standards world standards • Points 6-13 • Discussed boundary changes based upon nationality • Point 14 • League of Nations • The creation of an international organization to handle diplomatic crisis (like WWI) without going to war. The Fourteen Points

  14. Clemenceau – France • Chamberlain – Britain • Orlando – Italy • What are their feelings after WWI • How would they react to Wilson’s proposal? Allies Reject Wilson’s Plan

  15. Debate over the League of Nations • Biggest US concern of treaty • League would threaten US policy of isolationism • Wilson vs. Henry Cabot Lodge • Lodge adds amendments • Congress ultimately does not pass treaty • Result: US does not join League of Nations US Opposition to 14 Points

  16. Treaty of Versailles

  17. Map of New Nations

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