1. Public Opinion
1.1. CPI
1.1.1. Created by Wilson
1.1.2. George Creel appointed as head
1.1.3. Used propaganda
1.1.4. Committee on Public Information
1.2. Anti-German Attitudes
1.2.1. Eliminate influence
1.2.2. Names of things were changed
1.2.2.1. Sauerkraut
1.2.2.2. Dachsunds
1.2.2.3. Hamburger
1.2.3. German-American discrimination
1.3. Espionage and Sedition Acts
1.3.1. Espionage Act
1.3.1.1. 1917
1.3.1.2. punishment for aiding enemy or refusing military duty
1.3.2. Sedition Act
1.3.2.1. 1918
1.3.2.2. Illegal to publicly criticize the government
1.4. Schenck Vs. U.S.
1.4.1. Schenck = official of socialist party
1.4.1.1. Violated Espionage Act (Anti-war leaflets)
1.4.2. Claimed it was a violation of one's right to free speech
1.4.3. Upheld his conviction
2. The Military
2.1. Selective Service Act
2.1.1. May 18th, 1917
2.1.2. Required men 18-30 to register for the draft
2.1.3. Some attempted to get out of it
2.1.3.1. Joined religious groups as conscientious objects
2.1.3.2. rejection = combat position or prison
2.2. Training
2.2.1. Summer of 1917
2.2.2. Unprepared
2.2.2.1. Slept in tents
2.2.2.2. No supplies were ready
2.2.3. Intense military training
2.2.3.1. Learned rules and procedures
2.2.3.2. Marching
2.2.3.3. Practice for inspection
2.3. Minorities in war
2.3.1. African Americans
2.3.1.1. Segregated
2.3.1.2. White officials objected to their training
2.3.1.2.1. Belief of threat after war
2.3.1.3. Few African American regiments
2.3.2. Hispanics
2.3.2.1. Assigned menial tasks
2.3.2.2. Special english programs
2.3.2.2.1. New Mexico
2.3.2.2.2. Georgia
2.3.2.3. Fought w/ other American troops
2.3.3. Women
2.3.3.1. Signed up to serve over seas
2.3.3.2. French-Speaking - Hello Girls (switchboard operators)
2.3.3.3. nurses, typists, bookkeepers, radio operators, etc.
3. Workers and the Economy
3.1. Debt/Bonds
3.1.1. Liberty Bonds
3.1.1.1. loan to the government
3.1.2. Intense bond advertising
3.1.3. National Debt
3.1.3.1. $1.2 Billion in 1916
3.1.3.2. $25.5 in 1919
3.1.4. War Revenue Act raised taxes
3.2. Propaganda
3.2.1. To influence opinions
3.2.1.1. Newspapers
3.2.1.2. Speeches
3.2.1.3. Posters
3.2.2. Used to encourage people to support the war
3.2.3. Also influenced Anti-German ideas
3.3. Food Administration
3.3.1. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
3.3.1.1. set prices and established production controls
3.3.2. Wilson Administration: Hired Herbert Hoover as leader
3.3.3. Goals
3.3.3.1. Increase crop production
3.3.3.2. conserve food supply in face of war
3.3.4. Tactics
3.3.4.1. promising higher pay for crops
3.3.4.2. promoted victory gardens
3.3.4.3. Meatless Mondays and wheatless Wednesdays
3.3.5. Prohibition
3.3.5.1. Ban on alcohol
3.3.5.2. Ratified 18th Amendment
3.3.5.3. Limited alcohol content so that crops could be used instead for food production
3.4. Fuel Administration
3.4.1. Set production goals/prices to always meet military needs
3.4.2. Daylight Savings
3.4.2.1. Harry Garfield
3.4.2.2. To extend daylight time for workers
3.4.3. Publicity campaigns
3.4.3.1. gasless Sundays
3.4.3.2. heatless Mondays
3.5. Women in the Workforce
3.5.1. Took men's jobs to maintain a functioning economy
3.5.1.1. railroads
3.5.1.2. at docks
3.5.1.3. in factories
3.5.1.4. building ships and planes
3.5.2. 1 million women took jobs in the workforce
3.5.3. After the war
3.5.3.1. Most women left their jobs