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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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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
Expansion of the Federal Government
Council of National Defense • War Industries Board • Bernard Baruch • Food Administration • Herbert Hoover • Railroad Administration • William McAdoo • National War Labor Board • William Howard Taft
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?
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
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.
Committee on Public Information presidents actions