War on the Homefront War on the Homefront (1917)(1917)

Mr. Doherty / Mrs. T Mr. Doherty / Mrs. T

Raising Troops Raising Troops Selective Service Selective Service

Act-Act- required all required all men age 21-30 to men age 21-30 to register for the register for the military draft. military draft.

Next 18 months, 4 Next 18 months, 4 million men and million men and women joined the women joined the armed forces. armed forces.

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Raising Troops Raising Troops Women served Women served

as nurses, radio as nurses, radio operators, clerks, operators, clerks, and and stenographers. stenographers.

Raising Money Raising Money Liberty BondsLiberty Bonds--

American citizens American citizens were lending were lending money to the money to the government to government to pay for the war. pay for the war.

Liberty Bonds Liberty Bonds raised $21 billion, raised $21 billion, just over half the just over half the cost of the war. cost of the war.

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Public OpinionPublic Opinion Anti-German Anti-German

prejudice was prejudice was very prevalent in very prevalent in the U.S. the U.S.

Pacifists-Pacifists- people people who refuse to who refuse to fight b/c they fight b/c they believe war is believe war is evil. evil.

Public OpinionPublic Opinion Socialist-Socialist-believed that workers believed that workers

should benefit from war time should benefit from war time business and not factory owners.business and not factory owners.

Helping the TroopsHelping the Troops U.S. set up a bureaucracy. U.S. set up a bureaucracy. BureaucracyBureaucracy- a system of - a system of

managing government through managing government through departments. departments.

1. Food Administration-job was to 1. Food Administration-job was to boost food production. boost food production.

Helping the TroopsHelping the Troops 2. War Industries Board- 2. War Industries Board-

government told factories what to government told factories what to produce. produce.