Lecture- The War At Home

THE WAR AT HOME

Analyze major effects and issues relating the American
involvement in the First World War

THE DRAFT

Selective Service Act (1917) was
passed requiring young American
men to register for the draft.

The United States needed to prepare

and train a military force

Participation in the First World War created a need for

government revenue which was addressed by the passage of

the War Revenue Act adopted in October of 1917

This legislation increased tax rates and greatly increased tax
revenues

War Economy

ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Multiple Choice

How was the United States economy effected by World War I ?

• Negatively

• Positively

Wages rose significantly for workers

Additionally the government issued war bonds to
finance the war effort

War Economy

ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Multiple Choice

What happened to U.S workers wages during the war?

• Decline in wages

• Rise in wages

EXECUTIVE POWER EXPANDED

New Government Agencies

War Trade Board, were created to regulate the economy:

railroad industry was nationalized

Taxes increased to pay for the war

sale of war bonds funded war efforts

Multiple Choice

What are war bonds used for?

• Establish new legislation

• Help raise wages for workers

• Help finance the war

• Contributed to the passage of progressive reforms

CONSTITIONAL ISSUES

Espionage Act of 1917

Scischnek v. United States - U.S Supreme ruled

that the Espionage Act of 1917 did not violate

freedom of speech, because of the circumstances of the war

And deemed Scischnek’s actions as “clear and present danger

Establishing this restriction on free speech.

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SOCIAL ISSUES

Travel Barriers

The war caused many travel barriers for those wanting to come from Europe to the United States

World War One - marked the end of a great
period of relatively unrestricted immigration

SOCIAL ISSUES

Propaganda

Promoted patriotism but also inflamed hatred for certain ethnic groups
and opponents of the war
First used in WWI
Promoted the war
Nationalism

Biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions

SOCIAL ISSUES

Xenophobia

This growing xenophobia coupled with a rising labor movement

resulted in a shift in American attitudes towards immigrants

and the passage of the Immigration Act of 1917

More restrictions on immigration followed in the 1920s

PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR INCREASED NATIONALISM

AND A SUSPICION OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR LOYALTIES

WOMEN IN THE WAR

As the men went to fight,

women took on the jobs that were held only by men

Helped to bolster public support for woman suffrage

Categorize

Options (11)

Wages increased

War Revenue Act of 1917

Selective Service Act 1917 required men to register for The draft

War bonds sold to fund the war

Xenophobia

Restriction on immigrations

Espionage Act of 1917

Taxes raised

Travel Barriers

Propaganda used by government

Women took jobs of men who left to fight

Organize these options into the right categories

Economic Effects

Social Effects

Political