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The Home Front

Explore how the government played a more active role in determining war goods, the establishment of the Committee on Public Information, opposition faced, and the social changes brought about by the war.

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The Home Front

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  1. The Home Front Chapter 10 Section 2

  2. How did industry change during the war? • Government took the more active role, identifying war goods to be produced and their price

  3. Why did Hoover encourage food conservation? • So that more food would be available for the troops

  4. Why did the government establish the Committee on Public Information? • To develop and maintain support for the war

  5. How did some men evade the draft? • They refused to cooperate with the Selective Service process, or claimed to be conscientious objector

  6. What happened to those men? • They were often court-martialed and imprisoned or treated badly

  7. Why do you think NAWSA decided to support the war? • They thought that it would be considered more responsible and patriotic if they supported the soldiers, government, and America by dropping their peace initiatives

  8. Why did some people fear that the Espionage Act would erode Americans’ civil liberties? • The Espionage Act restricted individual rights by limiting freedom of speech and press

  9. Mobilization • Ways in which the US mobilized for war • Selective Service • WIB • CPI

  10. Selective Service • First draft June 5, 1917 • 9.6 million registered • By end of war 24 million registered, 2.8 million were drafted

  11. WIB • War Industries Board • Headed by Bernard Baruch • Determined what products were being produced, when being made, and how much they would cost

  12. CPI • Committee on Public Information • Educated the public about the causes and nature of war

  13. Opposition • German and Irish Americans • Discriminated against • Conscientious Objectors • Moral or religious believes kept them from war • Some women • NAWSA supported war

  14. Social Changes • New Jobs • For poor and women • Women got the right to vote • African Americans moved north for better jobs • Mexicans moved across borders to take farming and factory jobs

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