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The Home Front. Essential Question. What was the role of the home front during the war?. BUILDING A MILITARY. Army was small Selective Service Act of 1917 Volunteers. Who Else Volunteered. African Americans Women. Mobilizing. War Industries Board (WIB) Victory Gardens - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Home Front
Essential Question
What was the role of the home front during the war?
BUILDING A MILITARY
•Army was small
•Selective Service Act of 1917
•Volunteers
Who Else Volunteered
• African Americans
• Women
Mobilizing
• War Industries Board (WIB)
• Victory Gardens
• Daylight Savings
• Power to regulate price and rationing
Propaganda
• Committee on Public Information (CPI)
• Ran by George Creel who recruited advertisers to produce posters, speeches, and many other forms of propaganda.
Liberty and Victory Bonds
National War Labor Board(NWLB)
• Women- took this opportunity take industrial jobs.– These jobs were not permanent and many
return to their old jobs after the war.
• Great Migration– African Americans: 300 to 500 thousand
moved to northern cities– Mexican Americans: migrated into the
Southwest and Midwest.
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