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The War at Home

The War at Home. Americans trying to eliminate internal enemies Resulted in attacks on immigrants. Concern Over Patriotism. People moved to find jobs Women took “men’s” jobs The President now had control of the economy. Economy Changed People’s Lives.

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The War at Home

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  1. The War at Home

  2. Americans trying to eliminate internal enemies Resulted in attacks on immigrants Concern Over Patriotism

  3. People moved to find jobs Women took “men’s” jobs The President now had control of the economy Economy Changed People’s Lives

  4. Encouraged mass production to increase efficiency Eliminate waste Set product quotas Allocated raw materials Increased U.S. production by 20% War Industries Board

  5. Led by Bernard M. Baruch Changed women’s clothing-Took steel from women’s corsets(80,000 tons) No more leather shoes Shorter skirts War Industries board

  6. Encouraged conservation Gasless Sundays Lightless nights Daylight-savings time War Industries Board

  7. Some wages increased May have risen by as much as 20% Some wages decreased May have lost 35% of earning power Union membership increased War Economy

  8. 6,000 strikes broke out to protest high prices and low wages Wilson creates National War Labor Board to deal with labor disputes War Economy

  9. “Work or Fight” NWLB pushed for 8 hour days safety inspections Pushed to observe ban on child labor War Economy

  10. Food Administration-conserve Food Led by Herbert Hoover “meatless” and “sweetless” days War Economy

  11. People planted “Victory Gardens” American food shipments to Allies tripled War Economy

  12. U.S. spent $33 billion on war Raised 1/3 of this amount through taxes Government sold bonds Selling the War

  13. Government’s 1st propaganda agency Was to popularize war Led by George Creel-a muckraking journalist Committee on Public Information

  14. Targeted immigrants Americans w/ German sounding names lost job Towns w/ German names changed names Drive for Conformity

  15. Fined $10,000 and imprisoned for 20 yrs for interfering with draft Obstructing sale of liberty bonds Saying anything disloyal about war effort Espionage and Sedition Acts

  16. Clear violation of 1st Amendment Led to 6,000 arrests 1,500 convictions Espionage and Sedition Acts

  17. W.E.B. Dubois Cooperation would cause leadership to listen to calls for racial justice African American Support

  18. William Monroe Trotter- victims of racism should not support a racist government African American Opposition

  19. Thousands of southern blacks moved to cities in the north The Great Migration

  20. Why the Migration? • 1. Escape racial discrimination in the South • 2. Drought in the South ruined many cotton fields • 3. Increased job opportunities • 4. Rumors of prosperous northern African Americans

  21. Filled roles formerly held by men Driving cabs Delivery trucks Railroad workers Cooks Dockworkers Bricklayers Coal miners Ship building Women in the War

  22. Jane Adams founded Women’s Peace Party Female Opposition

  23. Fall of 1918 25% of Americans became ill Flu Epidemic

  24. Corpses lay unburied for days 500,000 Americans killed 40 million world wide Flu disappeared in 1919 Flu Epidemic

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