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The War at Home

The War at Home. Some went to war…. …while others stayed home. What was the impact of WWI in America?. Propaganda War Industries Board Selective Service Act Espionage and Sedition Acts Conflict over freedom of speech and actions Great Migration. Propaganda.

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The War at Home

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  1. The War at Home

  2. Some went to war… …while others stayed home

  3. What was the impact of WWI in America? • Propaganda • War Industries Board • Selective Service Act • Espionage and Sedition Acts • Conflict over freedom of speech and actions • Great Migration

  4. Propaganda • Information, especially of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause • The Committee on Public Information was a government agency whose focus was to popularize the war through propaganda

  5. War Industries Board • Established 1917 • Goal: increase efficiency and eliminate waste in industrial production • Method: production quotas and allocation of raw materials • Result: industrial production increased by 20% during the war

  6. Selective Service Act • A law enacted in 1917 that required men to register for military service • By the end of 1918, 24 million men had registered under the act and almost 3 million were called to duty • Led to some people declaring themselves to be conscientious objectors, people who oppose warfare on moral grounds

  7. Espionage and Sedition Acts • Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War I • Vocab explanation: • “Espionage” means spying to obtain political information • “Sedition” means conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of the state

  8. Schenck v. United States • Charles Schenckdistributed leaflets to protest the draft • A lower court convicted him of sedition and sentenced him to prison, but he argued that this was a violation of his right to free speech. • Schenck took his case to the Supreme Court in 1919 hoping that the lower court’s decision would be revoked based on his first amendment rights

  9. Great Migration • The large-scale movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities in the early 20th century • The war accelerated this movement because it created job opportunities in the North • Manufacturing • Stockyards • Steel mills • Munitions plants

  10. How would you summarize the impacts of World War I in America?

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