Transcript How do you pay for & “sell” a war?

The United States: The War at Home
Vocab.
• Mass production: the making of goods in large
amounts
• Exempt: freed from duty (a job)
• Prefabrication: to construct or assemble
beforehand
• Bonds: you loan (long-term) the gov’t $. They
pay you back with interest (extra $).
• Epidemic: a rapidly spreading outbreak of
disease
Mass Production
• U.S. had to supply a war across the Atlantic Ocean
– Exempted shipyard workers from the draft
– Prefabrication techniques = faster production
The Government Regulates Industry
• War Industries Board: regulated prices of goods.
• National War Labor Board: Work or Fight! (no strikes)
• Food Administration: food conservation campaigns
– 1 day meatless
– 2 days porkless
– 1 day sweetless
– 2 days wheatless
How do you pay for & “sell” a war?
• Raise taxes
• Sell “Liberty” & “Victory” bonds
“sell” war
• Propaganda!
Pay For war
– Committee on Public Information (CPI)
– Thousands of paintings, posters, cartoons, etc. are
created to promote the War
■ Not all are convinced to fight
■ Conscientious objector: a person who opposes war because of
religious or moral beliefs
“Thou Shall Not Kill”
Suspension of Civil Rights
• The Sedition Act of 1917:
– $10,000 fine and/or 20 years in jail speaking out against
the war effort.
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• Newspapers shut down.
1 Amendment:
Freedom of Speech?
Freedom of Press?
Women Go to Work!
• Women’s effort…
– Took jobs in
factories and at the
shipping docks
■ Women’s help in WWI
enabled the passage of
19th amendment
1918- An Unexpected Problem: Flu Epidemic
• Spanish Influenza (flu)
• ¼ of U.S. citizens affected
– 500,000 Americans die
• ¼ of U.S. troops affected
– Killed more troops than war!
Central Powers Surrender
• Nov. 3, 1918: Austria - Hungary surrenders
• Nov. 11, 1918: Germany surrenders
• Agree to cease-fire and signed armistice/ truce
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What was used to build ships faster?
2. Which three government programs regulated
industry?
3. How do you pay for a war? How do you sell a war?
4. The Sedition Act suspended which two
protections under the 1st Amendment?
5. What epidemic killed more troops than WWI?
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What was used to build ships faster?
__________ _________ helped to build ships faster.
2. Which three government programs regulated industry?
Three government programs that regulated industry were:
3. How do you pay for a war? How do you sell a war?
______ & ________ were used to pay for the war. _________
was used to sell the war.
4. The Sedition Act suspended which two protections under the 1st
Amendment?
_____ of ______ and ______ of _______ were suspended under the
Sedition Act.
5. What epidemic killed more troops than WWI?
The ________ _____ killed more troops than WWI.
George Creel’s CPI
• U.S. Committee on Public Info.