Chapter 19 Section 4

Chapter 19 Section 4 Americans on the Home Front

Liberty Bonds  Special bonds to

support the war effort

Price Controls  A system of pricing

determined by the government

Rationing  Distributing food to

consumers in a fixed amount 

Hoover had the power to use rationing, but

intervened in the economy to help the war effort?

 Liberty bonds  Rationing  Price controls

Describe some of the changes that wartime brought to the workplace?  Women worked in jobs

traditionally held by

Daylight Savings Time  Turning clock ahead 1

hour 

Maximize work that can be done in daylight

Propaganda  Information used

in order to sway public opinion 

During the war,

How does this poster depict German soldiers?  They are not depicted

as human

Sedition  Any speech or action

that

What was the purpose of the Sedition Act?  Made

it illegal to obstruct the sale of liberty bonds or to discuss anything “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive”.

Why did many people have a problem with the Sedition Act?  It violated the 1st

Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech

newspapers, magazines, and movies during the war?

 The

government censored the press and banned certain films  Challenged any media influences that

How did the government control political radicals?  By implementing the

Sedition Act  Having law enforcement hound various groups and individuals (such as the IWW)

Vigilante  Citizens who

How did business replace the workers that the military draft had taken away? •

They allowed, women, Mexicans, and African Americans to take over the work –

Mexicans were actually encouraged to immigrate to the U.S. to work

What impact did the war have on minorities and women?  New jobs available  Seemed to be the

beginning of some major social change