The War at home

Function of the War Industries Board in the United States during World War I

• find jobs for mexicans to take factory work

• maintain and regulate the United States economy and war production schedules

• provide education and skills to women so men could fight the war

• allocate and ration food, gasoline, bread, and cotton

The nation's first formal government propaganda agency

• Campaign to Promote Public Awareness

• Selective Services Agency

• Committee on Public Information

• Posters, Banners, and Flyers Board

Consequences for people who aided the enemy, such as treason

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Treason, Aiding, and Abetting Acts of 1917-1918

• Public reciting of Pledge of Allegiance in town squares

• Being "tarred and feathered" in public

How did World War I affect legal immigrants to the United States?

• They were contracted to build a wall across much of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas

• Many immigrants were suspected of being spies and potential traitors

• Mexicans were forced to migrate to northern cities

• "Okies" from Oklahoma relocated to California

To conserve energy during World War I, the Fuel Administration introduced

• longer workdays
• corn-based fuels
• daylight savings time
• victory gardens

It organized rallies and parades and published posters and pamphlets to support the war____________________

• Committee on Public Information
• Propaganda
• New York Times
• Selective Service Act

The Selective Service Act was passed to:

• encourage conservation of select resources
• establish a formal quota system on immigrants
• increase troop numbers through a lottery system draft
• encourage home front support 

In victory gardens, people grew food to

• eat at home
• can in the factories
• feed the farm animals
• send to the soliders

During times of war what is the "home front"?

• The site of military action and where major battles are conducted.

• Location where troops are loaded on to carrier ships along with supplies.

• The civilian population and their activities. Any aspect of wartime life.

• "Safe zone" from enemy attack. Usually reserved for elderly, women, and children to escape conflict.

Common roles performed by women during WWI

• Aircraft delivery pilots. First time women flew military planes.

• Butchers, Bakers, and Candlestick makers.

• Dentists, Doctors, and animal keepers.

• Clerks, pharmacists, photographers, and nurses.