World War to Prosperity

1. World War to Prosperity More U.S. Expansion

2. Do Now How was the military changing during the beginning of World War I? Explain your answer based on these images.

3. Information Chapter 11-3 + vocabulary textbooks - signed out books are your responsibility - bring the books to class Conferences this week All late work due by October 24

4. Current Events • Cemetery rejects Spongebob tombstone - doesn’t meet guidelines • CeeLo Green in trouble - allegedly provided drugs to individuals

5. Do Now How was the military changing during the beginning of World War I? Explain your answer based on these images.

6. YellowJournalism Get Americans to back war - plays on nationalism - plays on emotions Propaganda - over representation of the truth

7. T-P-S: Propaganda Discuss this quote: "Falsehood is a recognized and extremely useful weapon in warfare, and every country uses it quite deliberately to deceive its own people, to attract neutrals, and to mislead the enemy."Arthur Ponsonby, Member of Parliment, England - 1928

8. Mass Production U.S. Needed war materials - guns, bullets, ships Shipyards - mass produce ships - cargo transports, warship Factories produce goods - change from domestic to war goods

9. Changes on the Homefront Economy Switch - domestic to war goods - rationing of supplies (steel, oil, food) Government Controls - production levels - raw materials

10. War Economy Increased Wages - worker income up Increased production - more products to sell - increased efficiency Record Profits - 1,000% increases? Improved working conditions - 8 hour day, child labor

11. Government Control War Industries Board (1917) - set production quotas - regulated materials - standardized items Railroad Administration - controlled RR, transport Fuel Administration - regulated fuel, coal - “Gasless Sundays”

12. Wilson Regulates, America Responds Food administration - food rations - Victory Gardens Government Spending - War Cost: 35 Billion - govt. sold war bonds Propaganda - selling the public

13. Shipping Changes Ship Production - workers exempt from war Increase Shipyard workers Prefabrication techniques - build parts elsewhere Government control - private and merchant ships

14. Convoy System German U-Boat attacks destroying merchant ships - loss of tonnage Armed escorts of ships - destroyers, warships - cut losses in half Mine fields in European waters

15. TIS: Analyze the picture, what does it tell us?

16. Selective Service Expand Military - 200,000 troops - needed more Selective Service Act - register for draft - random selection Added 3 Million to rolls

17. New Military 3 Million Recruits - many uneducated - foreign born 400,000 African Americans - non-combat roles - segregated units 13,000 women - navy - non-combat roles

18. New Blood in Europe European troops demoralized - trench fighting - lost will to fight American Troops - enthusiasm - fresh troops Americans wanted blood - called “Doughboys”

19. Death from Above Introduction of the airplane - fighters, bombers - fighting aces (Red Baron, Rickenbacker) Changes in the War - new type of warfare Observation balloons - surveillance of the enemy

20. TOTD: Summarize Why were American and European soldiers unprepared for the type of warfare encountered during WWI. Explain your answer. Learning Scale rating: Give yourself a rating based on your understanding of the objectives.