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The Yanks Are Coming!

The Yanks Are Coming!. pershing. AMERICAN EXPEDTIONARY FORCES . General John J. Pershing , commanding general of the AEF . Referred to as the Doughboys and Yanks . 2 million in France by Sept. 1918. Americans in the Trenches. Expansion of the Federal Government.

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The Yanks Are Coming!

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  1. The YanksAre Coming!

  2. pershing AMERICAN EXPEDTIONARY FORCES General John J. Pershing, commanding general of the AEF. Referred to as the Doughboys and Yanks. 2 million in France by Sept. 1918

  3. Americans in the Trenches

  4. Expansion of the Federal Government

  5. Council of National Defense • War Industries Board • Bernard Baruch • Food Administration • Herbert Hoover • Railroad Administration • William McAdoo • National War Labor Board • William Howard Taft

  6. War Industries Board • To build weapons for the war, US industry would undergo a massive change. • From a peacetime industry to a war time industry….. • Led by Bernard Baruch, the WIB set prices and determined what goods should be produced by private industry…. • US Govt. controlled the economy • Contradiction?

  7. War Industries Board

  8. US ENTRY INTO WWI • Food Administration:Herbert Hoover heads effort to conserve food and boost agricultural output • US feeds the world from the farms and ranches in the Great Plains… ”Bread basket of the World” • Liberty and victory gardens • Meatless and wheatless days

  9. U. S. Food Administration

  10. National War Garden Commission

  11. U. S. School Garden Army

  12. U. S. Shipping Board

  13. U. S. Fuel Administration

  14. US ENTRY INTO WWI • Committee on Public Information • Creel Committee, headed by George Creel, told Americans what the war was about and to publicize the American aims. • Propaganda posters to get Americans to support the war effort.

  15. Committee on Public Information presidents actions

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