World War I: US Homefront

Increases the size of the U.S. army

• Pendleton Act
• Wilson Act
• 20th Amendment
• Selective Service Ac

Why did the government issue war bonds?

• To pay for the war effort
• To keep banks from closing
• to keep the stock market high
• To decrease unemployment

Why did women work in factories during wartime?

• The government forced women to work
• To stop a labor (work) shortage since men were drafted
• To stop immigrants from "stealing" jobs
• New workplace laws requiring them to be hired

African Americans went to northern cities looking for these

• Jobs
• Homes
• Army Stations
• Homeless Shelters

The event where African Americans left the South and headed North.

• The Great Migration
• The Port Rush Movement
• The March on Washington
• The Factory Rush

Why did the government begin rationing food and products?

• To keep prices low
• To feed and equip soldiers for war
• To avoid union strikes
• To take over the farming industry

This helped run the economy and stop strikes to keep factories working.

• Wilson Committee
• Union Managers
• Industrialists
• National War Labor Board

The Espionage and Sedition Acts attacked this freedom.

• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of the Press
• Freedom of Assembly

Being forced to join the military.

• Compelled
• Shangheid
• Draft
• Imprisoned